Jubilee Community Church (East Grinstead)

Analysis

Jubilee Community Church (East Grinstead) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Grinstead. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Jubilee Community Church (East Grinstead) reported income of £682k and spending of £701k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £558k to £682k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Jubilee Community Church (East Grinstead) sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The St Michaels and All Saints Charity (£682k), Shared Interest Foundation (£683k) and Citizens Advice Hillingdon Ltd (£682k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 65%, charitable activities 27% and investments 7.9%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 47 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.

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.