Thurrock Christian Fellowship

Analysis

Thurrock Christian Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stanford-le-Hope. It was registered in September 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thurrock Christian Fellowship reported income of £779k and spending of £733k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £892k to £779k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Thurrock Christian Fellowship sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice East Hampshire Limited (£779k), Coastline Vineyard Church (£780k) and Small Green Shoots (£776k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 23% and trading 2.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £208k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.