Crowborough Community Church Trust

Analysis

Crowborough Community Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Crowborough Community Church Trust reported income of £81k and spending of £95k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £87k to £81k (-7.2%), an average of -1.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Crowborough Community Church Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samuel Leeds Foundation (£81k), Holy Rood Community Charity (£81k) and Give for Good (£81k).

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.