St Paul's Children's Project

Analysis

St Paul's Children's Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hexham. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Paul's Children's Project reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £15k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Paul's Children's Project sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Public School Lodges Council Benevolent Fund (£15k), Bradden Town Land Charity (£15k) and Borokurma Islamic Academy (£15k).

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.