Shropshire Historic Churches Trust

Analysis

Shropshire Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shropshire Historic Churches Trust reported income of £177k and spending of £121k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £113k to £177k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shropshire Historic Churches Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Fordham & Eight Ash Green (£177k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Winkfield, Cranbourne and Chavey Down (£177k) and Teesdale and Cleveland Area Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain (£177k).