The Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre

Analysis

The Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in June 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre reported income of £16k and spending of £13k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £12k to £16k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre 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 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of South Petherton Church (£16k), Al Huda Educational and Cultural Centre (£16k) and Goldington Gospel Hall Trust (£16k).