Thaxted Church Trust

Analysis

Thaxted Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dunmow. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Thaxted Church Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £9,420, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £5,576 to £15k (+161%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Thaxted Church Trust sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tutbury Congregational Church - Trust Funds and Property Held in Connection with - (£15k), Society of the Friends of Chester Cathedral (£15k) and Mosaic Voices (£15k).