Secular Clergy Common Fund

Analysis

Secular Clergy Common Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Secular Clergy Common Fund reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.4m to £1.7m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Secular Clergy Common Fund 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hounslow Citizens Advice Bureaux Service (£1.7m), The Benevolent Fund of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (£1.7m) and Coventry Church (Municipal) Charities (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 49%, charitable activities 44% and donations and legacies 5.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £88k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.5%. Reserves of £34.1m would cover about 225 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.