The Church of England Clergy Stipend Trust

Analysis

The Church of England Clergy Stipend Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Church of England Clergy Stipend Trust reported income of £78k and spending of £206k, spending 265% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £71k to £78k (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 195% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Church of England Clergy Stipend Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gillbard Centenary Flats (Incorporating the Gillbard Homes Trust) (£78k), Southend Malayalee Association (£78k) and The South Wales Islamic Centre (£78k).

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.