Ainsdale Evangelical Church Trust

Analysis

Ainsdale Evangelical Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ainsdale Evangelical Church Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £41k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £28k to £27k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ainsdale Evangelical Church Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Churchover Relief in Need Charity (£27k), Potter Heigham Trust Fund (£27k) and Riverside Christian Mission (£27k).

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.