THE C3 CHURCH

Registered charity 1132699 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C3, C3 THE JOURNEY, CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH, THE JOURNEY

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, THE WORSHIP OF GOD, THE PREACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL, THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES, THE PASTORAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.4m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted income increased to £2,335,127, yet the charity reported a net expenditure of £274,838 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets. Per the trustees' report, free reserves fell to £47,390, which is below the stated policy target of two months' unrestricted expenditure, though the trustees maintain that adequate resources exist to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months' unrestricted expenditure (held: £47k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain the free reserves, which are part of unrestricted funds, at a level which equates to approximately two months' unrestricted expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06940221

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Angie Campbell — Senior Pastor (source)

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

STEPHENS, Rachel Louise — director, appointed 24/09/2024on trustee list
CAMPBELL, Angela Doris — director, appointed 18/07/2023on trustee list
BARZEY, Emilton Arthur — director, appointed 24/03/2022on trustee list
PILKINGTON, Timothy David — director, appointed 22/07/2021on trustee list
ANSA-ADDO, Stephen Manyeh, Rev — director, appointed 24/09/2020on trustee list
GOODLIFFE, Peter John — director, appointed 24/01/2017on trustee list
CAMPBELL, Steven Andrew — director, appointed 22/06/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£2.4m

Total spending

£2.6m

Cost of raising funds

£8k

Reserves (reported)

£47k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 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 (85% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/02/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Angela Doris Campbell
Emilton Arthur Barzey
PETER JOHN GOODLIFFE
Rachel Louise Stephens
Rev Stephen Manyeh Ansa-Addo · trustee of 3 other charities
STEVEN ANDREW CAMPBELL
Timothy David Pilkington

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Lincolnshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£2.4m	£2.6m
31/12/2023	£2.2m	£2.5m
31/12/2022	£2.0m	£2.2m
31/12/2021	£2.0m	£2.0m
31/12/2020	£1.8m	£1.8m

Common questions

Is THE C3 CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted income increased to £2,335,127, yet the charity reported a net expenditure of £274,838 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets. Per the trustees' report, free reserves fell to £47,390, which is below the stated policy target of two months' unrestricted expenditure, though the trustees maintain that adequate resources exist to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds THE C3 CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE C3 CHURCH as a grant recipient include SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE FYRISH FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£58k	Digital & Financial Empowerment Fund
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2024	£41k	Digital & Financial Empowerment Fund
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2022	£25k	Matched Donations
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2025	£5k	Community
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Care and Social Welfare

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL	1	£59k
Kingdom Legacy Trust	1	£20k

Charities like this

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

KINGSGATE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £5.8m
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH income £141k
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH income £242k
ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD income £203k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, CITY OF VICTORY income £141k
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH income £410k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE C3 CHURCH	£2.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KINGSGATE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024	£5.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025	£141k	£30,632	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH FY2025	£242k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD FY2025	£203k	£41,688	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, CITY OF VICTORY FY2024	£141k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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