Coventry Church (Municipal) Charities

Analysis

Coventry Church (Municipal) Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Coventry Church (Municipal) Charities reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.4m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.7m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Coventry Church (Municipal) Charities sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Staffordshire (£1.7m), Hounslow Citizens Advice Bureaux Service (£1.7m) and Noor Relief Fund (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73% and donations and legacies 21%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £13k. Reserves of £285k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.