The Bexhill Evangelical Book Centre Trust

Analysis

The Bexhill Evangelical Book Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Leonards-On-Sea. It was registered in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Bexhill Evangelical Book Centre Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £22k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £18k to £22k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Bexhill Evangelical Book Centre Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Walrus Cruise (£22k), Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Association (£22k) and Bradwell Memorial Hall (£22k).

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.