Quench Christian Bookshops

Analysis

Quench Christian Bookshops is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidenhead. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07793538). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Quench Christian Bookshops reported income of £112k and spending of £113k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £163k to £112k (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Quench Christian Bookshops sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Stretton with Claymills (£111k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Monkseaton St Peter (£112k) and Emmanuel Christian Centre, Pembrokeshire (£111k).

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.