St Silas (Continuing Church) Trust

Analysis

St Silas (Continuing Church) Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Silas (Continuing Church) Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £17k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,007 to £21k (+327%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 120%. 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 Silas (Continuing Church) Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Culverden Evangelical Church (£21k), Life for the World Christian Centre (£21k) and Abundant Life Family Churches Limited (£21k).