Somerset Churches Trust

Analysis

Somerset Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Somerset Churches Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £7,842, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £33k to £27k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Somerset Churches Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Osprey Leadership Foundation (£27k), Friends of Warden Abbey Vineyard (£27k) and Transition Town Marlow (£27k).