CITY CHURCH WORCESTER

Registered charity 1147713 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH THE RUNNING OF A CHURCH IN WORCESTER.

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

Latest income

£196k

Latest spending

£190k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £1,070,797, which is well above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £30,000 to £35,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £8,865 for the year, with total incoming resources of £196,315 against charitable expenditure of £190,352.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (held: £1.1m)

“The trustees consider that the amount required is between £30,000 and £35,000 in general funds.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees/key management

“trustees, key management personnel and close relatives made unrestricted donations totalling £15,863 (2024: £21,420) and restricted donations totalling £1,400 (2024: £1,260) to the charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07918567

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.

RAYMOND, Susan Jane — director, appointed 04/12/2023on trustee list
DONALDSON, Michael William — director, appointed 16/11/2022on trustee list
CROW, David Duncan — director, appointed 01/03/2018on trustee list
FARRINGTON, Helen — director, appointed 17/03/2016on trustee list
CAMPSALL, Esther Marie — director, appointed 20/01/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ESTHER MARIE CAMPSALLchair
David Crow
Helen Farrington
Michael William Donaldson
Susan Jane Raymond

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£196k	£190k
31/12/2024	£144k	£152k
31/12/2023	£158k	£175k
31/12/2022	£165k	£177k
31/12/2021	£170k	£175k

Common questions

Is CITY CHURCH WORCESTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £1,070,797, which is well above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £30,000 to £35,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £8,865 for the year, with total incoming resources of £196,315 against charitable expenditure of £190,352. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£125k
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£124k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	1	£95k
THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION	1	£74k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	1	£72k
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£62k
THE DAWES TRUST	1	£43k

Charities like this

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

WORCESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £126k
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST income £925k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WITH ST PETER, WORCESTER income £217k
WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO) income £1.4m
ST PAULS CHURCH WORCESTER income £252k
THE C3 CHURCH income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CITY CHURCH WORCESTER	£196k	—	above	—	no doubt
WORCESTER BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£126k	—	above	—	no doubt
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£925k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WITH ST PETER, WORCESTER FY2024	£217k	—	above	—	no doubt
WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO) FY2025	£1.4m	—	below	—	no doubt
ST PAULS CHURCH WORCESTER FY2025	£252k	£46,180	above	—	no doubt

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