Lingfield and Dormansland Meals on Wheels

Analysis

Lingfield and Dormansland Meals on Wheels is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Grinstead. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lingfield and Dormansland Meals on Wheels reported income of £46k and spending of £37k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £46k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Lingfield and Dormansland Meals on Wheels sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canterbury Masonic Charities Association Limited (£46k), The Blakebank Trust (£46k) and The Happy Charitable Trust (£46k).