Epping Forest Community Church Trust
Analysis
Epping Forest Community Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Epping Forest Community Church Trust reported income of £157k and spending of £137k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £239k to £157k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Epping Forest Community Church Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Youth Net (£157k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Stephen with St Thomas, Shepherd's Bush (£157k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Frimley Green and Mytchett (£157k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To advance the Christian faith ,to relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or sick and to relieve stress and to promote and fulfil other charitable purposes beneficial to the community in Epping Forest District and other parts of the United Kingdom or the world.