Longheath Community Care and Church Centre

Analysis

Longheath Community Care and Church Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03250184). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Longheath Community Care and Church Centre reported income of £37k and spending of £25k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £37k (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Longheath Community Care and Church Centre sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Good News Church Hurstpierpoint (£37k), Dover Cultural Centre Ltd (£37k) and Al-Ma'rifah Foundation (£37k).