Charles Thompson's Mission

Analysis

Charles Thompson's Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birkenhead. It was registered in July 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charles Thompson's Mission reported income of £217k and spending of £188k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £227k to £217k (-4.2%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charles Thompson's Mission sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include M and M Foundation (£217k), Kollel Gur Trust (£218k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brightlingsea Colchester Essex (£217k).