Thurrock Christian Fellowship

Registered charity 297569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THURROCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST

The worship of GodThe instruction and edification of ChristiansThe care and Christian instruction of young people and childrenThe evangelism of non-christiansThe relief of poverty and sicknessThe advancement of the Christina faith generally in the UK and abroad

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · 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
£779k
Latest spending
£733k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £46,331 for the year, with total incoming resources of £779,382 against outgoing resources of £733,051. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,083,349, while the charity holds a designated 'Business Reserve' of £62,600, which is below the stated policy target of covering three months of staff wages.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.1m; policy: three months of staff wages)
“Currently, there is a sum of £62,600 that has been set aside.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£779k
Total spending
£733k
Reserves (reported)
£208k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£779k£733k
31/03/2024£947k£856k
31/03/2023£728k£719k
31/03/2022£777k£806k
31/03/2021£892k£638k

Common questions

Is Thurrock Christian Fellowship financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £46,331 for the year, with total incoming resources of £779,382 against outgoing resources of £733,051. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,083,349, while the charity holds a designated 'Business Reserve' of £62,600, which is below the stated policy target of covering three months of staff wages. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Thurrock Christian Fellowship?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Thurrock Christian Fellowship as a grant recipient include BETTER COMMUNITY BUSINESS NETWORK LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BETTER COMMUNITY BUSINESS NETWORK LIMITEDFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/01/2025£91kThurrock Foodbank Pathfinder
Postcode Lottery31/05/2024£25kMillionaire Street 2024 04w1
UK government08/07/2020£51kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2020£43kThurrock Foodbank

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Thurrock Christian Fellowship£779k—0below—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025£141k£30,6320unclear—no doubt
KING'S LYNN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTRE (THE CHURCH) IN FELLOWSHIP WITH ASSEMBLIES OF GOD FY2025£174k—0within—no doubt
THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED FY2025£596k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD JESUS LOVE FELLOWSHIP CENTRE, LEIGH FY2026£172k—0above—no doubt

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