Towy Community Church

Analysis

Towy Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carmarthen. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07181550). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Towy Community Church reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £982k to £1.2m (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Towy Community Church sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy Trust (£1.1m), Beth-Ezra Trust (£1.2m) and The Medlock Charitable Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 74% and donations and legacies 24%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £12k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.

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.