Franche Community Church

Analysis

Franche Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kidderminster. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Franche Community Church reported income of £72k and spending of £54k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £78k to £72k (-8.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Franche Community Church sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Transforming Lives Together (£72k), Workcare West Midlands (£72k) and Chabad Lubavitch of Trafford (£72k).