St Matthew’s

Registered charity 1129487 · since 2009stmatthewsipswich.org.uk·Suffolk·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£2,800

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2024

From filed accounts

£1,400

Typical grant (median)

2 published grants

Key takeaways

St Matthew's is a small funder whose stated remit is broad Christian mission and social action, so a project with a clear church or social-action purpose is the kind of work to put forward.
Its most recent annual giving was £2,800, and the annual report gives no grant range, so a modest request is the realistic size to aim for.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so the first step is to get in touch using the contact shown and ask how requests are handled.
The annual report and website set out no eligibility rules or exclusions, so nothing published rules any organisation out, but a request should not be framed around the parish's own community services, which are church activities rather than grant priorities.

Overview

St Matthew’s is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1129487).

St Matthew's is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, whose stated purpose is promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church. Its PCC gives 10% of its income each year to Christian mission and social action projects at home and abroad. The parish also runs its own community activities, such as pastoral care, community-group space, school support and weekly Top-Up Shops, which are church activities rather than grants.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2024) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 24 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The PCC gives 10% of its income each year to Christian mission and social action projects at home and abroad. The parish’s wider work serves both its members and the public community through activities such as pastoral care, community-group space, school support and weekly Top-Up Shops. These are described as church activities, not as additional grant priorities. The stated grant remit is broad: the sources do not identify narrower fields, named beneficiary groups or organisational eligibility criteria. The directory can therefore describe Christian mission and social action, while distinguishing the parish’s own community services from its grant-making.

Themes

Christian mission
Social action

How to apply

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

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Suffolk

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to St Matthew’s.

St Mark's HaydockNo public processGave £19,796 All Saints WellingtonNo public processGave £21,905 Transform WidnesNo public processGave £7,884 Rudgwick Parish ChurchNo public process Parish of Herne HillNo public processGave £22,150 Christ the KingNo public process The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chigwell and Chigwell RowNo public processGave £2,782 Little St Mary’s Church, CambridgeNo public processGave £16,040 St Peter's ChurchNo public process The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Horton, BradfordNo public processGave £7,528

Grants

2 published grants analysed · median £1,400

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Open Doors
£2,500year to 31 December 2024
Project 40 Jesus Ministry
£300year to 31 December 2024

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£386,977	£295,277	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£322,718	£306,885	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£354,252	£356,232	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£384,306	£352,341	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£677,899	£463,602	£2,800	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: grants paid out in the year.

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.