St Luke's Parochial Trust

Analysis

St Luke's Parochial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Luke's Parochial Trust reported income of £1.7m and spending of £2.6m, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.7m (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 167% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Luke's Parochial Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Naval Benevolent Society for Officers (£1.7m), The Rural Community Council of Essex (£1.7m) and Community Initiatives South West Limited (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 31%, investments 26%, charitable activities 25% and donations and legacies 8.7%. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 26%. Reserves of £9.8m would cover about 44 months of spending at that rate. It employed 54 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.