Maidstone Independent Christian Spiritualist Church

Analysis

Maidstone Independent Christian Spiritualist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Maidstone Independent Christian Spiritualist Church reported income of £16k and spending of £19k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from £3,287 to £16k (+380%), an average of +119% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Maidstone Independent Christian Spiritualist Church sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Church Luton Trust (£16k), Clyst-Hydon Church Repair Fund (£16k) and Southampton Hebrew Congregation (£16k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.