Linden Church Trust

Analysis

Linden Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Linden Church Trust reported income of £353k and spending of £380k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £333k to £353k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Linden Church Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norton Folgate Trust (£353k), Manchester Talmudical College and Theological Seminary (£353k) and Kingswood Sports CIO (£353k).