Whitstable Non-Ecclesiastical Charities

Analysis

Whitstable Non-Ecclesiastical Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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 December 2025, Whitstable Non-Ecclesiastical Charities reported income of £239k and spending of £158k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £166k to £239k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Whitstable Non-Ecclesiastical Charities sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aspatria Dreamscheme Limited (£239k), Glossopdale Furniture Project (£240k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John of Jerusalem with Christ Church, South Hackney (£239k).