The Vincent Society

Analysis

The Vincent Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Vincent Society reported income of £732k and spending of £897k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £658k to £732k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Vincent Society 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bible Network (£731k), The Yorkshire Baptist Association (Incorporated) (£733k) and Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside (£730k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73%, charitable activities 18%, trading 6.4% and investments 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £153k. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 5.0%. Reserves of £559k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

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.