Kings Church Centre, Lewes

Analysis

Kings Church Centre, Lewes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03986549). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kings Church Centre, Lewes reported income of £1.8m and spending of £307k, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £243k to £1.8m (+648%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 476%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Kings Church Centre, Lewes sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Basingstoke (£1.8m), Beis Soroh Schneirer of Golders Green Limited (£1.8m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Richmond with St Matthias and St John the Divine (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97%, trading 2.0% and charitable activities 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6,389. Reserves of £23k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.