Queensway Chapel (Melksham)

Analysis

Queensway Chapel (Melksham) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Melksham. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Queensway Chapel (Melksham) reported income of £123k and spending of £123k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £87k to £123k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Queensway Chapel (Melksham) sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oasis Church Hereford (£123k), Rhema Miracle Centre Assemblies of God (£123k) and Hands of Giving Foundation (£123k).

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.