Independent Christian Workers Trust

Analysis

Independent Christian Workers Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horley. It was registered in May 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Independent Christian Workers Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £51k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £77k to £51k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Independent Christian Workers Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royalheath Charitable Trust Limited (£51k), Exvac (£51k) and The Woodcock and Bowes Charity (£51k).

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.