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the society of st james

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, and other defined groups. The Society Of St James is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing buildings, facilities, or open space. The charity is based in Southampton and operates in Hampshire, Southampton City, and Portsmouth City.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The relief of poverty, sickness, hardship and distress in particular but not exclusively of persons who are homeless, unemployed or who have substance addictions by the provision of housing, rehabilitation, care, support, education, training and employment opportunities; in order to improve individuals life opportunities and the quality of life and to contribute to the wider community

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£16,473,000
Latest Expenditure
£16,036,000

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 96.9%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 99.5%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 1.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £153,000
Charitable Activities £15,956,000
Other Trading £341,000
Investments £23,000
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £15,962,937
Raising Funds £73,063
Governance £92,903
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£16,473,000£16,036,000£15,962,937£4,313,000£4,313,000318 / 47
2023£15,268,000£14,824,000£14,750,997£4,186,000£4,186,000280 / 47
2022£13,773,030£13,560,794£13,483,905£3,974,000£718,000249 / 10
2021£12,021,632£11,679,423£11,612,356£3,728,000£1,039,000229 / 49
2020£10,556,000£10,434,000£10,368,153£3,307,000£948,000206 / 49

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers