St Luke's Church

Analysis

St Luke's Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pontefract. It was registered in June 2007, 19 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05977613). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Luke's Church reported income of £980k and spending of £966k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £829k to £980k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Luke's Church sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Projects4change (£979k), Thomas Hickman's Charity (£980k) and The London Full Gospel Central Church (£978k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64% and charitable activities 35%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3,358. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.