Additional Curates Society

Analysis

Additional Curates Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00262795). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Additional Curates Society reported income of £555k and spending of £685k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £540k to £555k (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Additional Curates Society sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary with St Matthew, Cheltenham (£555k), Al Furqan Education Trust (£555k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Virginia Water (£555k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 47%, investments 35%, trading 15% and charitable activities 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £147k. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 4.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £123k. Reserves of £40k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.