Bishop Creighton House Settlement

Analysis

Bishop Creighton House Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03217598). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bishop Creighton House Settlement reported income of £845k and spending of £824k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £737k to £845k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bishop Creighton House Settlement sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Citizens Advice Sunderland (£845k), Recovery College Collective Limited (£845k) and David Yarrow Foundation (£844k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68%, trading 12%, investments 10% and donations and legacies 8.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £62k. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 25%. Reserves of £450k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.