The Association of the Friends of St Mary's Church Goudhurst

Analysis

The Association of the Friends of St Mary's Church Goudhurst is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Association of the Friends of St Mary's Church Goudhurst reported income of £17k and spending of £18k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21k to £17k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Association of the Friends of St Mary's Church Goudhurst sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mansfield Church Estate Charity (£17k), Eastgate Village Hall Association (£17k) and Cheshunt Spiritualist Church (£17k).