St Matts

Registered charity 1139482 · since 2010stmattsleeds.co.uk·Leeds·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

St Matts' stated purposes centre on the church and the Christian faith, through worship, teaching, and relief of sickness and hardship, so a request is most likely to fit if it connects clearly to those aims.
Its annual report gives no usable grant total and no grant range, so a grant writer cannot judge a realistic request size from it and should ask the contact shown before setting a figure.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to get in touch with that contact and ask how to proceed.
The annual report and its website give no timing or competitiveness information, so any approach should be made on that enquiry rather than on an assumed deadline.

Overview

St Matts is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1139482).

St Matts is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, with a registered area of operation in Leeds City. Its purpose is promoting, in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, and advancing the Christian faith through worship and teaching services and the relief of sickness, financial hardship and promoting good health. It provides for immediate needs through its Foodbank and a hardship fund that supports people in its congregation and the wider community in Burley.

What they fund

Priority Areas

St Matts describes its mission as promoting the whole mission of the church. Its public-benefit work includes worship and teaching services in the Christian faith, relief of sickness and financial hardship, and promoting good health through funds and services. It provides for immediate needs through its Foodbank and signposts people to agencies, and its hardship fund supports those in need in its congregation and the wider community in Burley. It was encouraged to give away resources to other churches, including church planting in the city.

Themes

Christian worship and teaching
Sickness relief
Financial hardship
Good health
Church planting

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)

Leeds

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£281,790	£230,670	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£307,942	£300,741	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£307,954	£302,359	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£286,816	£277,690	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£308,594	£256,048	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

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.