Tunbridge Wells Welcomes Refugees

Analysis

Tunbridge Wells Welcomes Refugees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Tunbridge Wells Welcomes Refugees reported income of £24k and spending of £43k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £22k to £24k (+11%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tunbridge Wells Welcomes Refugees sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pravins Millennium Trust (£24k), St David's Hall Whitehawk (£24k) and Restoration Believers Ministries International Church (£24k).