The Institute of St Anselm

Analysis

The Institute of St Anselm is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Margate. It was registered in September 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02010021). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Institute of St Anselm reported income of £322k and spending of £431k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £366k to £322k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Institute of St Anselm sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Priory Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey (£322k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Epping (£323k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Damascus (£322k).