The Firdale Christian Trust

Analysis

The Firdale Christian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rutland. It was registered in June 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Firdale Christian Trust reported income of £71k and spending of £83k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £42k to £71k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 629%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Firdale Christian Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Embsay with Eastby (£71k), Ryde Baptist Church (£71k) and Chanichei Yeshivos (£71k).