South Park Chapel

Analysis

South Park Chapel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, South Park Chapel reported income of £29k and spending of £25k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £24k to £29k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 201%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South Park Chapel sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al Quran Complex Welfare Trust (£29k), Cardiff Jewish Helpline (£29k) and Servus (Benevolent Fund) Ltd (£29k).