The General Conference of the New Church

Analysis

The General Conference of the New Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Atherstone. It was registered in July 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00006039). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The General Conference of the New Church reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £920k to £1.5m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The General Conference of the New Church sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dean and Chapter of St Davids Cathedral (£1.5m), Toras Emes (£1.5m) and Charity of John Marshall (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 50%, donations and legacies 37% and charitable activities 14%. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 8.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £33k. Reserves of £8.7m would cover about 56 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.

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.