Charity for Religious and Other Purposes

Analysis

Charity for Religious and Other Purposes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in April 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charity for Religious and Other Purposes reported income of £29k and spending of £24k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £29k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 495%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Charity for Religious 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 St Gabriel Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church Portsmouth (£29k), Plymouth Christadelphian Ecclesia (£29k) and Porath Yoseph Fund (Mideas Poreth Yusuff) (£29k).