The Brook Community Church and Centre

Analysis

The Brook Community Church and Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shirebrook. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Brook Community Church and Centre reported income of £172k and spending of £176k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £142k to £172k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Brook Community Church and Centre sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include William Kendall's Charity (Wax Chandlers Company) (£172k), The Community Church Holtspur Trust (£172k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God Lord's Vine Parish (£172k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.