Harvest City Church

Analysis

Harvest City Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in May 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Harvest City Church reported income of £231k and spending of £1.4m, spending 618% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £567k to £231k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 159% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Harvest City Church sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Living Waters Pentecostal Church (£229k), The Pentecostal Church (£232k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Eccelsiastical Parish of St James Styvechale (£228k).

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.