CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST

Registered charity 1174882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Revitalise Trust

To help to plant City Centre Resource churches in key cities across England and Wales that will become hubs for resourcing, planting and regeneration within their dioceses and communities. To recruit and train clergy and leaders in partnerships with theological colleges, as well as worship leaders, youth pastors, children's workers, operations directors and social action workers.

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Latest income
£8.1m
Latest spending
£8.6m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £8.1m in income against £8.6m in expenditure, resulting in a net deficit of £524k. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves increased to £2.8m, which exceeds the trustees' stated target of £2m. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Focus ticket sales
“Income includes £1.3 million from Focus ticket sales”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £2m (held: £2.8m)
“The reserves target based on the approved 2025 budget is therefore £2m.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The document states details are in Note 14, but Note 14 is not provided in the text. No specific transactions are explicitly stated in the provided pages.
“Details of related parties are given in note 14 of the financial statements.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£8.1m
Total spending
£8.6m
Cost of raising funds
£406k
Reserves (reported)
£2.8m
Employees
45

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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: 5.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£8.1m£8.6m
31/12/2023£10.5m£9.8m
31/12/2022£11.2m£7.8m
31/12/2021£4.4m£5.7m
31/12/2020£9.6m£7.2m

Common questions

Is CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated £8.1m in income against £8.6m in expenditure, resulting in a net deficit of £524k. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves increased to £2.8m, which exceeds the trustees' stated target of £2m. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operating. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST as a grant recipient include THE SEQUOIA TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT PAUL ONSLOW SQUARE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH KENSINGTON, THE JERUSALEM TRUST, THE EUREKA CHARITABLE TRUST, UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SEQUOIA TRUSTFY2023£7.9m
THE SEQUOIA TRUSTFY2022£5.1mDonations
THE SEQUOIA TRUSTFY2022£5.0mGrants
THE SEQUOIA TRUSTFY2025£3.4mRelated Party
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT PAUL ONSLOW SQUARE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH KENSINGTONFY2022£779kGifts and regrants to Connected Entities
THE JERUSALEM TRUSTFY2024£500kEvangelism & Christian Mission in the UK
THE EUREKA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£428k
THE JERUSALEM TRUSTFY2025£250kEvangelism and Christian Mission in the UK
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT PAUL ONSLOW SQUARE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH KENSINGTONFY2021£250kGifts and regrants to Connected Entities
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT PAUL ONSLOW SQUARE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH KENSINGTONFY2023£250kGrants and Mission Giving
UBS UK Donor-Advised FoundationFY2021£200k
THE TUFTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£150k
THE TUFTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£45k
THE TUFTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE TUFTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£19k
ALPHA INTERNATIONALFY2022£17kGrant
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATIONFY2024£15k
THE C P CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kDonation to support the CRT in their work to revitalise churches across the UK.
THE C P CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kDonations to support their work in building new church communities in the UK.
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CAMBERWELLFY2024£3kBursary funding for Focus 2024 (Annual Report)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.MARK, BATTERSEA RISEFY2024£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.MARK, BATTERSEA RISEFY2023£2kLove Christmas campaign grant
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.MARK, BATTERSEA RISEFY2022£2kGifts to UK beneficiaries
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£0
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.MARK, BATTERSEA RISEFY2025£0Christmas Appeal
Stolkin FoundationFY2025£0Further the religion and charitable work for Christian faith

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government28/09/2020£4.0mCMC - Church Revitalisation Trust / Love Your Neighbour

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD1£25k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST£8.1m——above—no doubt
THE CHURCH RENEWAL TRUST FY2024£152k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2024£145k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY, SOUTHAMPTON FY2025£846k—0above—no doubt
CHURCHCENTRAL TRUST FY2025£671k—0below—no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, TRUE VINE CENTRE FY2025£147k—0unclear—no doubt

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