West Kent Community Radio

Analysis

West Kent Community Radio is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Kent Community Radio reported income of £23k and spending of £26k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £23k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 309%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, West Kent Community Radio sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ginagi Foundation (£23k), Jubilee Christian Centre Doncaster Trust (£23k) and Albaraca Nursery School, the Gambia (£23k).

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.