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Religion: charities in England and Wales

Registered37,268charities
Total income£14.37bnlatest returns
Median income£55kper charity
Top-10 share14%of income

Overview

England and Wales has 37,268 registered charities working on religion on the current register extract, of which 32,995 reported income in their latest return. Together they reported £14.37bn of income. The median charity took in £55k, while the largest tenth reported £454k or more, so a typical donation goes to a far smaller organisation than the household names at the top of this list.

Income is concentrated: the ten largest charities working on religion account for 14% of the total. Across the whole group, 7,858 charities have a note from the register, such as overdue accounts or three years of spending above income, and those notes are shown on each charity's page.

20,491 of the charities with reported income (62%) took in under £100k a year. Pages for the 24,564 charities with several years of accounts include their full income history, a comparison with similar-sized peers and a breakdown of where the money comes from.

Largest by income

#CharityLocationIncome
1Oasis Charitable TrustLondon£344.5m
2The Salvation ArmyLondon£338.3m
3The Archbishops' CouncilLondon£234.9m
4Church Commissioners for EnglandLondon£212.6m
5Stewardship Services (Uket) LimitedLondon£170.9m
6The Master Charitable TrustLondon£155.3m
7University of ChesterChester£154.2m
8Church of England Central ServicesLondon£140.1m
9Methodist Independent Schools TrustLondon£118.2m
10Parish Giving SchemeGloucester£114.6m
11Trinity College CambridgeCambridge£105.5m
12The Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of JerusalemLondon£98.8m
13The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Great Britain)London£97.9m
14The Keepers and Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon, Within the Town of Harrow-On-The-HillMiddlesex£90.8m
15Elim Foursquare Gospel AllianceMalvern£83.9m
16The Salvation Army International TrustLondon£81.8m
17TearfundMiddlesex£80.2m
18Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust and Other Trust Funds Administered by the Westminster Roman Catholic Diocesan TrusteeLondon£75.1m
19Al-Khair FoundationCroydon£74.8m
20Achisomoch Aid Company LimitedLondon£73.8m
21World Vision UKMilton Keynes£66.1m
22Farmland Reserve UK LimitedCambridgeshire£57.9m
23The Albert Gubay Charitable FoundationAltrincham£56.6m
24Catholic Agency for Overseas DevelopmentLondon£56.2m
25Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat InternationalLondon£55.6m
26The College of St Mary Magdalen in the University of OxfordOxford£53.5m
27The Methodist Church in Great BritainLondon£52.3m
28United SynagogueLondon£50.7m
29The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford of the Foundation of King Henry VIIIOxford£50.0m
30The London Diocesan FundLondon£47.0m
31Ardingly College LimitedHaywards Heath£45.1m
32Nazareth Care Charitable TrustLondon£43.3m
33Roman Catholic Archdiocese of SouthwarkLondon£42.1m
34St Elizabeth's CentreMuch Hadham£42.1m
35Archdiocese of LiverpoolLiverpool£41.2m
36International Bible Students AssociationChelmsford£40.6m
37Mission Aviation Fellowship InternationalAshford£38.8m
38Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of BritainChelmsford£38.5m
39The St Albans Diocesan Board of FinanceSt Albans£35.7m
40United Bible Societies AssociationSwindon£35.0m
41Congregation of the Brothers of CharityChorley£34.2m
42Benefact Trust LimitedGloucester£33.3m
43Muslim HandsNottingham£31.9m
44Pilgrims' Friend Society GroupLondon£31.9m
45New Hall School TrustChelmsford£31.3m
46YMCA Chiltern GroupWatford£31.0m
47Taunton School Educational CharityTaunton£30.5m
48The Kingdom Hall TrustChelmsford£30.3m
49YMCA St Paul's GroupSurrey£30.2m
50The South London Church Fund and Southwark Diocesan Board of FinanceLondon£30.1m
51The Salford Diocesan TrustSalford£29.7m
52South England Conference of Seventh Day AdventistsWatford£29.1m
53The Brookside TrustEngland£28.8m
54Church Communities UKRobertsbridge£28.5m
55The Pears Family Charitable FoundationLondon£28.5m
56Solihull SchoolSolihull£28.1m
57The Rothschild FoundationBuckinghamshire£27.2m
58Christian VisionSolihull£27.2m
59Worth AbbeyCrawley£27.1m
60Birmingham Diocesan TrustBirmingham£27.0m