SGGSJ Telford

Analysis

SGGSJ Telford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, SGGSJ Telford reported income of £637k and spending of £369k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £47k to £637k (+1268%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, SGGSJ Telford sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wadhurst (£637k), Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Gipsy Hill (£637k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Hazlemere (£636k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.3%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 43 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.