Emmaus Christian Fellowship Trust

Analysis

Emmaus Christian Fellowship Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dyfed. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Emmaus Christian Fellowship Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £23k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £25k to £19k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Emmaus Christian Fellowship Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Furni-Rescue (£19k), Global Disaster Relief Fund (£19k) and Evangelistic Missionary Crusades (£19k).

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.