St Antony's Centre for Church & Industry

Analysis

St Antony's Centre for Church & Industry is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09553437). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Antony's Centre for Church & Industry reported income of £339k and spending of £352k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £446k to £339k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Antony's Centre for Church & Industry sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Matthew's Project (£339k), The Buddy Bag Foundation (£339k) and Dallow Community Nursery (£339k).

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.