The Psalms and Hymns Support Fund

Analysis

The Psalms and Hymns Support Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Didcot. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Psalms and Hymns Support Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £21k, spending 178% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £11k to £12k (+5.2%), an average of +1.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 178% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Psalms and Hymns Support Fund sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Beginnings-Homes for Street Children of the World (£12k), Philip Marner's Charity (£12k) and Believers of the Living Word Church (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.