The Life Church - Maidstone

Analysis

The Life Church - Maidstone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Life Church - Maidstone reported income of £254k and spending of £207k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £43k to £254k (+490%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Life Church - Maidstone sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fair Frome (£254k), Free Shop Crawley (£255k) and Poverty Truth Network (£254k).