The Shalom Christian Trust

Analysis

The Shalom Christian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Shalom Christian Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £30k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £39k to £24k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Shalom Christian Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Girls Home (£24k), Jewish Ladies' Aid Society (£24k) and School Sisters of Notre Dame CIO (£24k).

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.