Forest of Dean Community Church

Analysis

Forest of Dean Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Forest of Dean Community Church reported income of £341k and spending of £489k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £143k to £341k (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Forest of Dean Community Church sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scropton Riding for the Disabled Centre (£340k), Oldham Personal Advocacy Limited (£341k) and Asma Community Group (£339k).