VIVACITY

Registered charity 1066646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAITHWORKS, Vine Church Swindon

Developing the work of The Vine UK, a fast-growing family of life group-based churches, now operating in various locations in the UK.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£558k
Latest spending
£382k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased significantly to £199,718.77, driven by a large restricted donation of £193,628.05 designated for specific ministries. The charity reported a net deficit on unrestricted activities of £17,864.25, while unrestricted cash reserves held in current accounts were approximately £29,251.00.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£558k
Total spending
£382k
Cost of raising funds
£207k
Reserves (reported)
£200k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bristol City · Coventry City · Kensington And Chelsea · Reading · Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£558k£382k
31/03/2024£316k£316k
31/03/2023£268k£279k
31/03/2022£246k£252k
31/03/2021£187k£180k

Common questions

Is VIVACITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased significantly to £199,718.77, driven by a large restricted donation of £193,628.05 designated for specific ministries. The charity reported a net deficit on unrestricted activities of £17,864.25, while unrestricted cash reserves held in current accounts were approximately £29,251.00. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England20/01/2014£450Quest Consultancy Day for Jack Hunt Pool and Gym

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VIVACITY£558k0unclearno doubt
TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUST FY2025£147k0unclearno doubt
VINE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2023£103k0unclearno doubt
SW LONDON VINEYARD FY2024£625k2aboveno doubt
VINEYARD CHURCHES UK AND IRELAND FY2024£2.6m£70,001 - £80,0002belowno doubt
GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025£101k0aboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.