The Free Church Federal Council (Incorporated)

Analysis

The Free Church Federal Council (Incorporated) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00364987). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Free Church Federal Council (Incorporated) reported income of £240k and spending of £370k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £197k to £240k (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Free Church Federal Council (Incorporated) sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dedham (£240k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Hallows Allerton, Liverpool (£241k) and Trinity Church Mill Hill (United Reformed and Methodist) (£240k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.