St Paul's Centre

Analysis

St Paul's Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Paul's Centre reported income of £844k and spending of £848k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £345k to £844k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Paul's Centre sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trust Property Held in Connection with Brother Servants of the Blessed Virgin Servite Fathers (£843k), The Koppel Project (£845k) and Haringey Law Centre (£842k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 29%, charitable activities 26% and donations and legacies 8.3%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £517k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.