Croydon Tabernacle

Analysis

Croydon Tabernacle is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03546731). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Croydon Tabernacle reported income of £282k and spending of £185k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £228k to £282k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Croydon Tabernacle sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Covenant Church Streatham (£282k), The Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland (£283k) and The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust (£282k).