Godstone Tabernacle

Analysis

Godstone Tabernacle is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Godstone Tabernacle reported income of £463k and spending of £357k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £300k to £463k (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Godstone Tabernacle sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South East Staffordshire Citizens Advice Bureau (£463k), The Company of Chartered Surveyors Charitable Trust Fund (1992) (£463k) and Islamic Society of Cleveland (£463k).