The Incorporated Leeds Church Extension Society


The Leeds Church Extension Society was founded by far-sighted Anglicans in 1864 to help build churches and pay for clergy in the rapidly expanding City of Leeds.

The objectives and activities of the Extension Society have remained unchanged since its foundation; namely to help provide finance for mission halls and new parish churches and vicarages, to assist with the stipends of both clergy and lay workers, and to help maintain and re-order churches and church halls. In addition grants are made to church community and similar outreach activities within the city.
Photo of St Augustine's
St.Augustine’s Church, Wrangthorn
The first church endowed by the Society


Interior of St Pauk's
St. Paul’s Church, Ireland Wood
The last church endowed by the Society

Click on a link below for further information:

Contacting the Society
How to apply for a grant
Application Form
How to support the Society
History of LCES
Secretary’s Report 2007
Churches which received grants in 2007
Annual Service and Patron’s Sermon