Folkestone Municipal Charity

Analysis

Folkestone Municipal Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hythe. It was registered in June 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Folkestone Municipal Charity reported income of £157k and spending of £243k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £124k to £157k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Folkestone Municipal Charity sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Falah Educational Society (£157k), Tees Valley Youth for Christ (£157k) and Rosmini Centre Wisbech (£157k).

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.