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Abbeygate Church Colchester

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1204074ColchesterReligion
Income£90k2025-03-31
Spending£15ksame year
Spent / received17%2-year average
Size in its cause60th pctReligion
Registered2023CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Abbeygate Church Colchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in July 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Abbeygate Church Colchester reported income of £90k and spending of £15k, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2025, income grew from £100 to £90k (+90322%), an average of +90322% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 90322%. Over the whole period it spent 17% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Abbeygate Church Colchester sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Peter & Saint Paul, Warsop with Saint Augustine Sookholme (£90k), Roman Road Independent Methodist Church (£90k) and Jamia Masjid Anwar-E-Madina and Islamic Study Centre (£90k).

Income and spending

£0£23k£45k£68k£90k2024 Income: £1002024 Spending: £020242025 Income: £90,4222025 Spending: £15,4022025
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Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OFFAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN COLCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH.

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