Riverside Church

Registered charity 1099487 · since 2003riverside-church.org.uk·United Kingdom·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Riverside Church's stated themes lead with Christian faith, with relief of hardship, education and community facilities also listed, so a Christian mission, chaplaincy, youth or community project is the clearest fit.
A grant writer whose work has no faith dimension should first check how well it matches those themes.
Its stated priority is the United Kingdom, though its giving also reaches overseas mission work, so a UK-based request sits within that priority.
The annual report gives no usable grants figure or grant range, so the size of a request cannot be judged from the published information.
No publicly published application process was found, so a short written enquiry asking how it accepts requests and whether it would consider yours is the sensible first step.

Overview

Riverside Church is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1099487).

Riverside Church is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 1099487) whose purposes are to advance the Christian faith, to demonstrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the relief of people in need, hardship or distress, or who are aged or sick, and through the advancement of education. Its giving supports Christian mission through missionaries and partner organisations in the UK and overseas, including work in chaplaincy, church planting, youth ministry and support for persecuted Christians and at-risk children. Its wider local initiatives include money advice and a pantry.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Riverside Church's giving supports Christian mission through missionaries and partner organisations, in the UK and overseas. It often provides regular funding to missionaries through the organisations that support them, alongside prayer, financial and logistical support. The mission partners it supports work in chaplaincy, church planting, youth ministry, support for international students and Christian leaders, cross-cultural community work, and support for persecuted Christians and at-risk children. Its wider local initiatives include money advice and a pantry. Its charitable objects also encompass relief for people in need, hardship or distress, education and community facilities. The report describes global support as going to missionaries and partner organisations whose ministries focus outside the UK.

Themes

Christian faith
Relief of hardship
Education and arts
Community facilities

Geographic Focus

Priority: United Kingdom.

How to apply

No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 August 2021	£709,427	£669,097	£28,580	Accounts for year to 31 August 2021
year to 31 August 2022	£729,824	£798,186	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2022
year to 31 August 2023	£781,694	£911,171	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2023
year to 31 August 2024	£1,179,957	£1,011,658	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2024
year to 31 August 2025	£819,450	£1,107,835	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 August 2021: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.