Bearsted and Thurnham Women's Institute

Analysis

Bearsted and Thurnham Women's Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pembury Tunbridge Wells Kent. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bearsted and Thurnham Women's Institute reported income of £26k and spending of £30k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £26k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bearsted and Thurnham Women's Institute sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% 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 Malvern Festival Chorus (£26k), Ingham and Cammeringham Village Hall Committee (£26k) and George Devine Memorial Award (£26k).