The Anglican and Methodist Church of St Andrew, Paddock Wood

Analysis

The Anglican and Methodist Church of St Andrew, Paddock Wood is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Anglican and Methodist Church of St Andrew, Paddock Wood reported income of £250k and spending of £314k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £234k to £250k (+6.8%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Anglican and Methodist Church of St Andrew, Paddock Wood 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 Human Trafficking Foundation (£250k), Teesside Vineyard Church (£250k) and Fair Shares Gloucestershire (£250k).

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.