Leeds City Mission

Analysis

Leeds City Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in April 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Leeds City Mission reported income of £59k and spending of £62k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £69k to £59k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leeds City Mission sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include With International Community (£59k), The Homeless Foundation (£60k) and Crescent Food Bank (£59k).