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Kennet Valley Free Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1174002ReadingReligion
Income£251k2025-12-31
Spending£214ksame year
Spent / received84%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctReligion
Registered2017CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Kennet Valley Free Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kennet Valley Free Church reported income of £251k and spending of £214k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £197k to £251k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Kennet Valley Free Church sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Molton Ringsash Methodist Circuit (£251k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew, Kirk Ella in the Diocese of York (£251k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Cheltenham (£251k).

Income and spending

£0£63k£126k£188k£251k2021 Income: £196,9852021 Spending: £160,27420212022 Income: £242,8522022 Spending: £178,40720222023 Income: £229,3632023 Spending: £209,53420232024 Income: £241,9992024 Spending: £212,56920242025 Income: £251,2492025 Spending: £214,3392025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Kennet Valley Free Church is an independent evangelical church based in Calcot, Reading, Berkshire. The church's charitable aim is the advancement of the Christian religion, in particular by the provision and maintenance of a Free Church and by (1) encouraging and facilitating the practice of the Christian religion, and (2) seeking new followers.

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South Molton Ringsash Methodist CircuitSouth Molton£251k
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, CheltenhamCheltenham£251k
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