Opus Dei Charitable Trust

Analysis

Opus Dei Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Opus Dei Charitable Trust reported income of £282k and spending of £256k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £61k to £282k (+362%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Opus Dei Charitable Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brockenhurst (£282k), Heaton Moor Evangelical Church (£282k) and Gorse Hill Baptist Church (£281k).