Charity for St Joseph's Missionary Society (British Region)

Analysis

Charity for St Joseph's Missionary Society (British Region) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Houghton Le Spring. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charity for St Joseph's Missionary Society (British Region) reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.9m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £2.2m (-3.2%), an average of -0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charity for St Joseph's Missionary Society (British Region) sits at the 97th 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 Veterans Aid (£2.2m), Project S.e.e.d. Limited (£2.2m) and Eurovision Mission to Europe (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 66% and investments 33%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £73k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £32.2m would cover about 131 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 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.