The Strangers Rest Mission

Analysis

The Strangers Rest Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Strangers Rest Mission reported income of £65k and spending of £81k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £28k to £65k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 214%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Strangers Rest Mission sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Together with Migrant Children (£65k), Action on Dementia Sunderland (£65k) and Watford Social Centre for the Blind (£65k).