Discovery Church

Analysis

Discovery Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampton. It was registered in April 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Discovery Church reported income of £48k and spending of £51k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £29k to £48k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Discovery Church sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bengali Association of Merseyside and North of England (£48k), The James Hannington Memorial Trust (£48k) and Tumaini UK - Working for the Widows and Orphans of Tanzania (£48k).