CITY CHURCH BIRMINGHAM

Registered charity 1171549 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purposes of the Church are: the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith primarily but not exclusively within Birmingham and the surrounding area; andsuch other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the members of the Church in general meeting, put into practice the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faith.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resources surplus of £37,567 for the year ended 31/08/2025, with total incoming resources of £535,139 against expenditure of £497,572. The trustees confirm the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Unrestricted reserves stood at £67,055, which the trustees note is subject to their policy of holding sufficient free resources to fund three months of ongoing unrestricted expenditure.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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 (10/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Jameschair
• Andrew Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Craig Summers
• David Winteler
• Harry Andrews · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ikenna Morah
• Isaias Padilla Herrera
• Mark Senior
• STEVE WHITE
• TIM HAY

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GRACE CHURCH DELL ROAD.

• GRACE CHURCH DELL ROAD income £319k
• KING'S CHURCH BIRMINGHAM income £381k
• BIRMINGHAM CITY MISSION income £1.4m
• REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ("RCCG") TESTIMONY PARISH BIRMINGHAM CITY income £114k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BIRMINGHAM PARISH CHURCH (ST. MARTIN IN THE BULL RING) income £446k
• NEW JERUSALEM APOSTOLIC CHURCH (BIRMINGHAM) income £470k

Side by side with its peers

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