The Torchbearers Trust

Analysis

The Torchbearers Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgnorth. It was registered in August 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Torchbearers Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £65k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £76k to £64k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Torchbearers Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Islamic Social and Educational Trust (£64k), Abundant Life for All Christian Community (£64k) and Denham Memorial Hall (£64k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.