St Stephen Ecclesiastical Charity

Analysis

St Stephen Ecclesiastical Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Stephen Ecclesiastical Charity reported income of £35k and spending of £49k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £31k to £35k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Stephen Ecclesiastical Charity sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sant Ishar Singh Charitable Trust (£35k), Muallim Academy (£35k) and Reconciled Assembly of God (£35k).

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.