New Wine Trust

Analysis

New Wine Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04126583). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, New Wine Trust reported income of £4.4m and spending of £5.0m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £4.4m (+290%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 305%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, New Wine Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham Methodist Circuit (£4.3m), The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln (£4.4m) and The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely (£4.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, donations and legacies 24% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. It employed 26 people.

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.