The Church Houses

Analysis

The Church Houses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Church Houses reported income of £25k and spending of £30k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £47k to £25k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Church Houses sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Science Society, Oxted (£25k), Bishop Wordsworth Educational Trust (£25k) and The Potters House Christian Fellowship Church Sunderland (£25k).