The Philadelphia Mission for Christ

Analysis

The Philadelphia Mission for Christ is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Purley. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07589687). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Philadelphia Mission for Christ reported income of £39k and spending of £33k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £41k to £39k (-4.4%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Philadelphia Mission for Christ sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kasupe (£39k), Redeemed Christian Church of God Garden of Hope (£39k) and Wetherby and District Foodbank (£39k).