The Vicar's General Fund

Analysis

The Vicar's General Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Vicar's General Fund reported income of £21k and spending of £35k, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £21k to £21k (-0.4%), an average of -0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 309% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Vicar's General Fund sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Angels Orphanage (£21k), Barnard Castle Christian Fellowship (£21k) and The Haddenham Charities (£21k).

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.