Essex Hall

Analysis

Essex Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00023132). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Essex Hall reported income of £592k and spending of £463k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £558k to £592k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Essex Hall sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Andover (£592k), Academy for Talmudical Research (Kolel Harabanim) (£593k) and New Jerusalem Ministry (£591k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and investments 8.1%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £297k. Reserves of £8.6m would cover about 212 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.