SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION (CIO)

Registered charity 1162099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCM(CIO)

SCM exists to serve and to share with the churches of Southampton in their task of bringing the love of Jesus to the city. SCM provides food and clothing on an emergency basis using Food and Clothing Banks at local churches across the city. SCM works alongside schools in educating children in the teachings of Christ.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £162,384 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £562,421 to £541,111. The trustees note that the going concern basis is dependent on donation income continuing, and the charity has utilized its unrestricted reserves to fund growth and cover deficits in its schools project. The reserves policy aims to maintain free unrestricted reserves to protect the continuity of work and cover risks, with the trustees indicating their strategic plan to reduce reserves by investing in growth is on track.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Duffchair
• David Christopher Evans
• Helen Mary Willis
• Margaret Anstis
• Stephen Chapman
• Temitayo Oloruntuyi

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

• SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £115k
• CHRIST CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON CIO income £397k
• VICTORY GOSPEL CHURCH income £522k
• CITY LIFE CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON income £1.3m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY, SOUTHAMPTON income £846k
• AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £111k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.