The London Churches Fund for Destitute Asylum Seekers

Analysis

The London Churches Fund for Destitute Asylum Seekers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The London Churches Fund for Destitute Asylum Seekers reported income of £52k and spending of £54k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £55k to £52k (-5.2%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. 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, The London Churches Fund for Destitute Asylum Seekers sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Herts Community Church (£52k), House of Champions Ministries (£52k) and Thetford Vineyard Church (£52k).