CHROMA CHURCH

Registered charity 1123681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEICESTER CITY VINEYARD

Chroma Church is a Christian Church made up of people from many walks of life, committed to living out the teachings of Jesus Christ in the context of contemporary society. We hold regular Sunday and weekday meetings and activities, occasional training events and are involved in a range of activities for the benefit of people who belong to the Church and the wider local community.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £177,061 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,260,596. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £499,660, which the trustees note they are building towards a policy target of six months of running and salary costs. The auditor confirmed that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“There are no employees who received total emoluments of more than £60,000.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £500k)
“To date the Trustees are building the required reserves level.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: S Barber received a gross salary of £56,016, pension contributions of £6,951, and a manse allowance of £22,880.
“A Director, S Barber, received a gross salary of £56,016 (£52,228 in 2024) and pension contributions of £6,951 (£6,951 in 2024). He also received a manse allowance of £22,880 (£17,600 in 2024) during the year.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“Total donations of £23,095 (2024: £36,609) were received from trustees during the year.” — page 30
“During the year, the wife of R Turner, trustee, provided counselling services totalling £270 (2024: £300) on behalf of the charity.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Counselling services by trustee's wife
“Total donations of £23,095 (2024: £36,609) were received from trustees during the year.” — page 30
“During the year, the wife of R Turner, trustee, provided counselling services totalling £270 (2024: £300) on behalf of the charity.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by The Rowleys Partnership Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£136k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.8m£996k
31/03/2023£825k£885k
31/03/2022£774k£738k
31/03/2021£705k£613k

Common questions

Is CHROMA CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £177,061 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,260,596. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £499,660, which the trustees note they are building towards a policy target of six months of running and salary costs. The auditor confirmed that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by The Rowleys Partnership Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of CHROMA CHURCH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds CHROMA CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHROMA CHURCH as a grant recipient include UTILITA GIVING.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UTILITA GIVINGFY2023£3kFood poverty
UTILITA GIVINGFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2025£17kChroma Church Food Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund25/04/2024£18kChroma Church Food Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2023£10kChroma Church
The National Lottery Community Fund14/01/2022£10kChroma Church Food Bank

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFE CHURCH (EUROPE).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHROMA CHURCH£1.3mUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
LIFE CHURCH (EUROPE) FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
NOW CHURCH FY2024£180k——unclear—no doubt
City Life Church Truro FY2025£238k—0above—no doubt
LIFE CHURCH FY2025£176k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH LOWESTOFT FY2024£162k—0unclear—no doubt

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