The St James's Church Growth Trust

Analysis

The St James's Church Growth Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The St James's Church Growth Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £11k, leaving 70% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £74k to £36k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The St James's Church Growth Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Epic Teesside CIO (£36k), Gillingham Forest Lands Charity (Otherwise Known As Mere Forest Charity) (£36k) and Swallowdale Children's Trust (£36k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.