Congregational Federation

Analysis

Congregational Federation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in November 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Congregational Federation reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.4m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £1.0m (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Congregational Federation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gold Hill Baptist Church (£1.0m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George Hanover Square (£1.0m) and Nan Ping Spiritual Cultivation Organization of the UK (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 36%, donations and legacies 30%, charitable activities 17% and trading 16%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 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.