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The Society of the Divine Saviour

RegisteredRegistered charity number 231410HarrowReligion
Income£827k2025-12-31
Spending£903ksame year
Spent / received106%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctReligion
Registered1963Other
Employees3latest return

Analysis

The Society of the Divine Saviour is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Society of the Divine Saviour reported income of £827k and spending of £903k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £643k to £827k (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Society of the Divine Saviour 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highfields Church (£826k), Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue (£827k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John with St Michael and All Angels, Paddington (£824k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 36%, donations and legacies 32% and investments 29%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.9m would cover about 73 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

Income and spending

£0£238k£477k£715k£954k2021 Income: £643,4342021 Spending: £773,14720212022 Income: £634,0872022 Spending: £692,37820222023 Income: £900,7122023 Spending: £837,45520232024 Income: £909,3422024 Spending: £953,55320242025 Income: £826,5872025 Spending: £903,2672025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 30%
  • Legacies 1.8%
  • Charitable activities 36%
  • Investments 29%
  • Other 3.1%

In the charity's own words

The general objects of the Charity are religious and charitable, specifically for charitable purposes in connection with the Roman Catholic Religion and to provide for its members and enable them to further its mission of making Christ the Saviour more widely known.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Highfields ChurchCardiff£826k
Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform SynagogueLondon£827k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John with St Michael and All Angels, PaddingtonLondon£824k
Goodwood Community & Education TrustLeicester£827k