The Faversham Municipal Charities 2010

Analysis

The Faversham Municipal Charities 2010 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Faversham. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Faversham Municipal Charities 2010 reported income of £2.5m and spending of £691k, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £482k to £2.5m (+421%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 411%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Faversham Municipal Charities 2010 sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The C3 Church (£2.5m), Shree Kutch Leva Patel Community (UK ) (£2.5m) and Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82%, charitable activities 16% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.0m. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4,868. Reserves of £196k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.