Luton Council of Faiths

Analysis

Luton Council of Faiths is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Town Road. It was registered in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Luton Council of Faiths reported income of £77k and spending of £78k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £56k to £77k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Luton Council of Faiths sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North East Essex Christian Youth Outreach (£77k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, Wingerworth (£77k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints' Stock Harvard (£77k).

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.