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The Southend Church of England Educational Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 310195SomersetReligion
Income£15k2025-12-31
Spending£18ksame year
Spent / received114%5-year average
Size in its cause29th pctReligion
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Southend Church of England Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Southend Church of England Educational Foundation reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £15k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Southend Church of England Educational Foundation sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cubert Beacon of Light Community Church (£15k), Convenant Assembly Church of God (£15k) and Crowfield Village Hall and Recreation Ground (£15k).

Income and spending

£0£7,131£14k£21k£29k2021 Income: £11,8092021 Spending: £13,65720212022 Income: £12,7412022 Spending: £20,55220222023 Income: £28,5232023 Spending: £15,63420232024 Income: £12,2362024 Spending: £23,67120242025 Income: £15,1912025 Spending: £18,1572025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

SCHEME BY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION UNDER CHARITABLE TRUST ACTS 1853 & 1925. TRUSTEES ADMINISTER THE CHURCH ROOMS AND THE CAPITAL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF SOUTHEND CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL AND DISTRIBUTE THE INCOME THEREFROM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEME

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