The St James's Trust Settlement

Analysis

The St James's Trust Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2024, The St James's Trust Settlement reported income of £49k and spending of £355k, spending 726% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2024, income fell from £50k to £49k (-1.8%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 531% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The St James's Trust Settlement sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy Mission Welfare Society (£49k), Mama Welfare Organisation (£49k) and The David School Trust (£49k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.