Great St Mary's

Registered charity 1127668 · since 2009greatstmarys.org·Cambridge, Ethiopia, India, Sudan·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£10,906

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From the Charity Commission register

Key takeaways

Great St Mary's names Cambridge, Ethiopia, India and Darfur as its priority areas, and its stated themes include street children, children with disabilities, health-care training and homelessness, so your work fits best if it connects to those places or themes.
Its total annual giving is £10,906 and no grant range is stated, so a modest, clearly costed request is the realistic approach.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown to ask whether your work fits before writing a full proposal.
The charity says it focuses on a relatively small number of ongoing projects with a strong Cambridge connection and close partnerships led by local communities, which suggests a relationship-led decision rather than an open competition.
No exclusions are published, but if your work has no Cambridge link and no partnership with local communities overseas, the stated approach suggests it is unlikely to fit.

Overview

Great St Mary's is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1127668).

Great St Mary's is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1127668). It exists to promote the whole mission of the Church in its ecclesiastical parish, providing a centre of worship, celebration and welcome, and supporting advocacy and social justice. Its Wider Concerns Committee leads partnerships in mission abroad and at home, funded through collections held at Christmas, Easter, Harvest and Peter-tide and at times of natural disasters or humanitarian aid. Its total annual giving is £10,906.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The parish channels collections and partnership fundraising to other charities and projects, with a relatively small number of ongoing projects receiving particular attention. Its work links home and overseas: it supports projects in partnership with local communities, emphasising local leadership and sustainability. Overseas projects include shelter, education and training for street children, support for children with disabilities and orphans, health-care training, income generation and post-conflict community building. In Cambridge, its giving supports social initiatives for homeless, marginalised and vulnerable people, alongside collections for the local food bank and humanitarian causes. Its stated approach favours close partnerships and projects with a strong Cambridge connection where the church can make a real difference.

Themes

Street children
Children with disabilities
Family support for orphans
Health-care training
Income generation
Post-conflict community building
Homelessness and vulnerability

Geographic Focus

Priority: Cambridge; Ethiopia; India; Darfur.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It focuses on a relatively small number of ongoing projects with a strong Cambridge connection where it can make a real difference.
It emphasises partnerships in which local communities lead decisions about what is best for their community and build sustainability.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Ethiopia
India
Sudan
Cambridge

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Great St Mary's.

Downing Place URCNo public process Sherborne AbbeyNo public processGave £75,626 Victory Gospel ChurchNo public processGave £42,073 St Simon ZelotesNo public processGave £35,100 St Peter's Aid for the NeedyRollingGave £59,422 St Lawrence Church LechladeNo public processGave £8,359 The Church Schools of CambridgeRollingGave £403k Lancaster PrioryNo public processGave £7,213 Arun ChurchNo public process St Nicolas ChurchNo public processGave £35,517

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£1,074,385	£871,831	£25,728	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£1,313,447	£1,165,131	£20,082	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,359,450	£1,306,245	£24,874	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£1,544,407	£1,501,545	£8,287	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£1,552,479	£1,557,221	£10,906	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£25,728 grants

YE 2022

£20,082 grants

YE 2023

£24,874 grants

YE 2024

£8,287 grants

YE 2025

£10,906 grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.

Grants paid, all years: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.