Barking Community Forum

Analysis

Barking Community Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Barking Community Forum reported income of £109k and spending of £25k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from October 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £190k to £109k (-43%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Barking Community Forum sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary and St Gabriel, Harting (£109k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sawley All Saints' (£109k) and Waterford House Evangelical Free Church (£109k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.