The City Church

Registered charity 1130031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CITY CHURCH CANTERBURY

Christian Church

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ACCORDING TO EVANGELICAL PRINCIPLES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Canterbury, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£667k

Latest spending

£603k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,049,627, which the trustees consider meets their policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £68,832 for the year, with total income of £666,834 and total expenditure of £603,002, resulting in stable finances and sustained general cash reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.0m)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to 3 months of expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£667k

Total spending

£603k

Reserves (reported)

£1.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~20.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Peter Ernest Gregorychair
Dr Alex Ntung · trustee of 1 other charity
Foluso Thomas
Kathryn Muriel Bailey
SIMON DAVID CLARK
Sheena Kimberley Macdonald Uden

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£667k	£603k
31/08/2024	£556k	£530k
31/08/2023	£506k	£482k
31/08/2022	£492k	£520k
31/08/2021	£499k	£499k

Common questions

Is The City Church financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,049,627, which the trustees consider meets their policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £68,832 for the year, with total income of £666,834 and total expenditure of £603,002, resulting in stable finances and sustained general cash reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY CHURCH WORCESTER.

CITY CHURCH WORCESTER income £196k
RCCG CITY OF FAITH income £42k
THE ASSEMBLY OF THE BRETHREN IN CHRIST'S CHURCH LIMITED income £70k
CENTRE CHURCH income £167k
CREATED: CHURCH income £315k
RENEWAL CHURCH income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The City Church	£667k	—	above	—	no doubt
CITY CHURCH WORCESTER FY2025	£196k	—	above	—	no doubt
RCCG CITY OF FAITH FY2025	£42k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ASSEMBLY OF THE BRETHREN IN CHRIST'S CHURCH LIMITED FY2025	£70k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2024	£167k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CREATED: CHURCH FY2025	£315k	—	above	—	no doubt

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