THRIVE CHURCH UK

Registered charity 1173151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Thrive Church UK is a Christian Church based in Eastleigh, Hampshire. Our objectives are:1) The advancement of the Christian faith in such ways as the Charity Trustees may from time to time decide;2) The prevention and/or relief of poverty in Hampshire and such other parts of the United Kingdom and the world as the Charity Trustees may from time to time decide.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE; AND4.2 THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN HAMPSHIRE AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£153k

Latest spending

£175k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £21,543 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £123,049 to £104,505. The trustees state that these reserves remain more than sufficient to cover their policy target of three months of core costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of core costs (reserves figure: £105k)

“At present the trustees have agreed that reserves should be held to cover three months of core costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses (goods/services and tickets). Per rule 6b, reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses alone is NOT a trustee payment.

“One trustee and their family members received payments and benefits from the charity during the year comprising: £117 reimbursement for goods/services purchased on behalf of the charity, and £451 expensed by the charity on Wildfires tickets” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 90
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 57
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 75
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Susan Elizabeth Bonifacechair
IAIN JAMES GREW
Kevin Bryan Tilyard
Marilyn Joy Chambers
Neelam Rattan
Nerissa Jane Dean
Philippa Jayne Harder

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£153k	£175k
31/08/2024	£138k	£103k
31/08/2023	£107k	£128k
31/08/2022	£93k	£96k
31/08/2021	£104k	£83k

Common questions

Is THRIVE CHURCH UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £21,543 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £123,049 to £104,505. The trustees state that these reserves remain more than sufficient to cover their policy target of three months of core costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner. 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
NEAR NEIGHBOURS	1	£188k
CIVIC POWER FUND	1	£17k
BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

REVIVE CHURCH income £321k
BRAVE CHURCH income £585k
HARVEST CHURCH LONDON income £730k
TRINITY CHURCH, HARROW income £270k
THE REVIVAL CHURCH ( TRC ) income £82k
THRIVE TOGETHER BIRMINGHAM income £695k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THRIVE CHURCH UK	£153k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
REVIVE CHURCH FY2025	£321k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BRAVE CHURCH FY2025	£585k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HARVEST CHURCH LONDON FY2025	£730k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH, HARROW FY2024	£270k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REVIVAL CHURCH ( TRC ) FY2025	£82k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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