Tonbridge Baptist Church

Analysis

Tonbridge Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tonbridge. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07211801). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Tonbridge Baptist Church reported income of £901k and spending of £898k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £774k to £901k (+16%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Tonbridge Baptist Church sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Make Known (£899k), Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service (£902k) and Sussex West Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain (£897k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 63%, charitable activities 35% and investments 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £36k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £611k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.