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Holywell Free Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 500613LeicestershireReligion
Income£212k2025-03-31
Spending£199ksame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctReligion
Registered1971Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Holywell Free Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in January 1971, 55 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 services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Holywell Free Church reported income of £212k and spending of £199k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £141k to £212k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Holywell Free Church sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Vineyard Sunderland (£212k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew, Nottingham (£212k) and Sephardi Kashrut Authority (£212k).

Income and spending

£0£53k£106k£159k£212k2021 Income: £140,7712021 Spending: £142,03420212022 Income: £157,9452022 Spending: £134,22420222023 Income: £171,4082023 Spending: £154,35020232024 Income: £181,6822024 Spending: £202,43920242025 Income: £212,2712025 Spending: £199,2892025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

The church organises the following activities - Weekly: public Sunday services morning & evening; mid-week Bible study & prayer meeting; Tuesday coffee morning (principally for retired folk), children & young people's groups on Fridays (5-10), (11-13) and (14+).Quarterly : senior citizens' luncheons; services in local care homesOccasional: walks; outings;hospital transportation & visitation

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Hope Vineyard SunderlandSunderland£212k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew, NottinghamNottingham£212k
Sephardi Kashrut AuthorityLondon£212k
Gurdwara Grays (Sikh Temple)Essex£212k