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More Than Words Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1163379TonbridgeDisability
Income£42k2025-12-31
Spending£48ksame year
Spent / received95%5-year average
Size in its cause52nd pctDisability
Registered2015Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

More Than Words Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tonbridge. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, More Than Words Charity reported income of £42k and spending of £48k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £42k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, More Than Words Charity sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include High Flight (£42k), Nettleham Village Hall (£42k) and Zodiac Arts (£42k).

Income and spending

£0£12k£24k£36k£48k2021 Income: £27,1452021 Spending: £23,69120212022 Income: £30,7992022 Spending: £26,75920222023 Income: £24,8082023 Spending: £23,62420232024 Income: £34,2732024 Spending: £28,59120242025 Income: £41,7772025 Spending: £48,0192025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provision of Makaton Language Programme courses free of charge to any person that cares for a child in Kent with communication difficulties. To establish small signing activity groups to support families with young children already showing communication difficulties alongside establishing a range of regular and one-off inclusive events specifically centred on children in Kent with additional needs

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
High FlightHarmondsworth£42k
Nettleham Village HallLincoln£42k
Zodiac ArtsLondon£42k
Derbyshire Parent Carer VoiceDerbyshire£42k