Westbourne Church Restoration Trust

Analysis

Westbourne Church Restoration Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in December 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, Westbourne Church Restoration Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £4,751, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,898 to £23k (+228%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Westbourne Church Restoration Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cheetham Hebrew Congregation (£23k), Yarm Fellowship Committee (£23k) and Richard Thornton Foundation (£23k).