The Student Christian Movement

Analysis

The Student Christian Movement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06537095). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Student Christian Movement reported income of £164k and spending of £224k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £155k to £164k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Student Christian Movement sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alnwick Baptist Church (£164k), Lincoln Baptist Church (£164k) and Etz Chaim Shul (£164k).

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.