Ecclesiastical Charity of Archbishop Tenison

Analysis

Ecclesiastical Charity of Archbishop Tenison is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in November 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Ecclesiastical Charity of Archbishop Tenison reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £14k to £16k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ecclesiastical Charity of Archbishop Tenison sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New House of Sion (£16k), Ravidassia Centre (St Michaels) (£16k) and Christian Science Society, Winchester (£16k).