St Mary Redcliffe Church Lands

Analysis

St Mary Redcliffe Church Lands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Mary Redcliffe Church Lands reported income of £967k and spending of £479k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £610k to £967k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Mary Redcliffe Church Lands 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cambridge Theological Federation (£965k), The White Eagle Lodge (£967k) and Bury Park Educational Institute (£964k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 22%. Grants to other organisations totalled £300k. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 46 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.