Arborfield and Barkham Parish Churches Trust

Analysis

Arborfield and Barkham Parish Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and other charitable purposes, 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 December 2025, Arborfield and Barkham Parish Churches Trust reported income of £434k and spending of £395k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £367k to £434k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Arborfield and Barkham Parish Churches Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited (£434k), Home-Start Wakefield and District (£435k) and Sacred Heart Fathers Trust (£434k).