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The Verwer/Hession Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1031304KentReligion
Income£17k2025-12-31
Spending£23ksame year
Spent / received53%5-year average
Size in its cause30th pctReligion
Registered1994Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Verwer/Hession Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Verwer/Hession Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £23k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £17k to £17k (-1.0%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Verwer/Hession Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guildford and District Jewish Community (£17k), The Fareham Well (£17k) and Penybont Baptist Chapel - Trust Funds Held in Connexion Therewith- (£17k).

Income and spending

£0£15k£29k£44k£59k2021 Income: £17,2472021 Spending: £14,29220212022 Income: £40,5672022 Spending: £18,69720222023 Income: £58,6002023 Spending: £22,46620232024 Income: £53,0652024 Spending: £20,68720242025 Income: £17,0692025 Spending: £22,7552025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To advance the Christian religion. To provide grants for the production, publishing and distribution of books and other media written by Roy Hession and George Verwer.

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Guildford and District Jewish CommunityGuildford£17k
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Penybont Baptist Chapel - Trust Funds Held in Connexion Therewith-Llandysul£17k
Zion Church Worldwide MinistriesLondon£17k