The St James the Less Litchfield Community Trust

Analysis

The St James the Less Litchfield Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in February 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The St James the Less Litchfield Community Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £12k, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £10k to £46k (+336%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 203%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The St James the Less Litchfield Community Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Covenant Church Gravesend (£46k), Oasis Church, South Elmsall (£46k) and Shree Darji Gnati Mandal (S.d.) Leicester (£46k).