Charities for Ecclesiastical and Other Purposes

Analysis

Charities for Ecclesiastical and Other Purposes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in April 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charities for Ecclesiastical and Other Purposes reported income of £29k and spending of £175k, spending 602% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,163 to £29k (+255%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 195%. Over the whole period it spent 237% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Charities for Ecclesiastical and Other Purposes sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fountain of Victory (£29k), Cherwell Gospel Hall Trust (£29k) and Al-Huda Centre (£29k).

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.