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Churches for Tunbridge Wells

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1150026KentPoverty relief
Income£17k2025-08-31
Spending£30ksame year
Spent / received130%5-year average
Size in its cause40th pctPoverty relief
Registered2012Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Churches for Tunbridge Wells is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Churches for Tunbridge Wells reported income of £17k and spending of £30k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £18k to £17k (-2.2%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Churches for Tunbridge Wells sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berkeley Parochial Trust (£17k), Homeless Pembrokeshire (£17k) and Highway Christian Church (£17k).

Income and spending

£0£17k£33k£50k£66k2021 Income: £17,7142021 Spending: £66,17220212022 Income: £47,6672022 Spending: £33,35120222023 Income: £38,8712023 Spending: £28,60020232024 Income: £29,7442024 Spending: £38,09220242025 Income: £17,3172025 Spending: £29,8052025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

CfTW draws the churches of Tunbridge Wells together, running prayer events, engaging in Christian mission and providing a resource centre for the vulnerable and the homeless.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Berkeley Parochial TrustDursley£17k
Homeless PembrokeshireDyfed£17k
Highway Christian ChurchHerefordshire£17k
The Ledbury Consolidated CharitiesLedbury£17k