Whitley Community Church Trust

Analysis

Whitley Community Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in January 1998, 28 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. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Whitley Community Church Trust reported income of £54k and spending of £76k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £42k to £54k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Whitley Community Church Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include As-Salaam Foundation (£54k), Callington Foodbank (£54k) and Ebenezer Fellowship Afmim (£54k).