Valley Church Andover Trust

Analysis

Valley Church Andover Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Andover. It was registered in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, 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 February 2025, Valley Church Andover Trust reported income of £81k and spending of £87k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £94k to £81k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Valley Church Andover 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 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Best Choice (£80k), Alfei Zohov (£81k) and CLWB Plant Brynaman Kids Club (£80k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.