St Matthew's and St Oswald's Church As a Charity

Analysis

St Matthew's and St Oswald's Church As a Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rugby. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Matthew's and St Oswald's Church As a Charity reported income of £442k and spending of £508k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £158k to £442k (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Matthew's and St Oswald's Church As a Charity sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cambridge St Barnabas (£442k), Al-Khayr Academy (£442k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Magnus the Martyr with St Margaret New Fish Street and St Michael Crooked Lane, London (£441k).

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.