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Leeds Church Institute (Incorporated)

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 220966West YorkshireReligion
Income£150k2025-12-31
Spending£383ksame year
Spent / received209%5-year average
Size in its cause72nd pctReligion
Registered1964Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Leeds Church Institute (Incorporated) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00155840). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Leeds Church Institute (Incorporated) reported income of £150k and spending of £383k, spending 255% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £234k to £150k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 209% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Leeds Church Institute (Incorporated) sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Baseera Bristol Centre (£150k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter, Kineton (£151k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney (£150k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£111k£223k£334k£446k2021 Income: £233,6912021 Spending: £396,89820212022 Income: £229,9502022 Spending: £385,55720222023 Income: £190,5532023 Spending: £445,66720232024 Income: £150,4462024 Spending: £383,31820242025 Income: £150,4462025 Spending: £383,3182025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity pursues its objectives by organising formal talks, seminars, training and other educational activities; resourcing the churches in their mission and ministry through consultancy, research, the development of specific projects and provision of a resource centre; and supporting the representation of churches and other faith communities in a number of public bodies.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Al-Baseera Bristol CentreBristol£150k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter, KinetonWarwick£151k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Dunstan and All Saints, StepneyLondon£150k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, South HarrowHarrow£151k