James Street Church

Analysis

James Street Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, James Street Church reported income of £36k and spending of £39k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £50k to £36k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, James Street Church sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hjälpande Händer Catering (£36k), Matthew's a Friend in Me (£36k) and The Woodpecker Project (£36k).

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.