St John's Lichfield

Analysis

St John's Lichfield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lichfield. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, St John's Lichfield reported income of £538k and spending of £509k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £459k to £538k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St John's Lichfield sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holland Road Baptist Church Trust (£538k), Riverside Advice Ltd (£539k) and Christ Church Manchester (£537k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51% and investments 48%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £230k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.