The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (Eccr)

Analysis

The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (Eccr) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02764183). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (Eccr) reported income of £233k and spending of £198k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £204k to £233k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (Eccr) sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tylorstown Welfare Hall Limited (£233k), Norman Whiteley Trust (£233k) and Cheshire Freemasons' Charity (£232k).