Surrey Churches Preservation Trust

Analysis

Surrey Churches Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haslemere. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Surrey Churches Preservation Trust reported income of £77k and spending of £25k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £10k to £77k (+638%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 296%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Surrey Churches Preservation Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Avon and Bristol Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (£77k), National Justice and Peace Network (£77k) and Gloucestershire Orchard Trust (£77k).