The Community for Spiritual Formation

Analysis

The Community for Spiritual Formation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Community for Spiritual Formation reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £2,033 to £16k (+700%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 1315%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Community for Spiritual Formation sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include R & B Olford Trust (£16k), Bridgend Spiritualist Church (£16k) and Market Overton Village Hall (£16k).

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.