Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust

Analysis

Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust reported income of £117k and spending of £111k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £105k to £117k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke the Evangelist York (£117k), Guru Nanak Gurdwara and Sikh Community Centre (£117k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke's, Maidenhead (£117k).