West Herts Community Church

Analysis

West Herts Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in July 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, West Herts Community Church reported income of £52k and spending of £49k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £80k to £52k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West Herts Community Church sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thetford Vineyard Church (£52k), The London Churches Fund for Destitute Asylum Seekers (£52k) and Child Protection & Rehabilitation Trust (£52k).