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Linton Road Free Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1194688MaidstoneOverseas aid and international
Income£27k2025-12-31
Spending£23ksame year
Spent / received89%5-year average
Size in its cause52nd pctOverseas aid and international
Registered2021CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Linton Road Free Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in June 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Linton Road Free Church reported income of £27k and spending of £23k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £27k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Linton Road Free Church sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lions Clubs International M D 105 Sight Conservation Programme (£27k), Rotary Club of Settle Charitable Trust (£27k) and Kitaid (£27k).

Income and spending

£0£8,452£17k£25k£34k2021 Income: £17,2892021 Spending: £11,22120212022 Income: £27,7042022 Spending: £23,78920222023 Income: £33,8072023 Spending: £30,08120232024 Income: £27,5162024 Spending: £30,48720242025 Income: £26,9762025 Spending: £22,9222025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

A church providing the following services and activities:-Regular worship services to which all are welcomeRegular group meetings with prayer and bible study and carrying out outreach work both in the UK and abroad and acts for the public benefit, the advancement of the Christian faith in Kent and such other parts of the UK and the world as the Charity Trustees may from time to time decide.

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CharityLocationIncome
Lions Clubs International M D 105 Sight Conservation ProgrammePeterborough£27k
Rotary Club of Settle Charitable TrustSettle£27k
KitaidHerts£27k
Youth Aliyah Child Rescue Scholarship and Maintenance FundLondon£27k