St John's Approved Premises

Analysis

St John's Approved Premises is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorskhire. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, accommodation/housing and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06904882). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St John's Approved Premises reported income of £3.0m and spending of £2.7m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £3.0m (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St John's Approved Premises sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Avanti Foundation Limited (£3.0m), "Off the Record" Youth Counselling Croydon (£3.0m) and Beit Halochem UK (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £829k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.