The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies

Analysis

The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03785551). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies reported income of £469k and spending of £454k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £155k to £469k (+203%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies 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 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ramgarhia Sikh Gurdwara East London (£468k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of All Saints, Margaret Street, London W1 (£469k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wisley with Pyrford (£468k).