The Proclamation Trust

Analysis

The Proclamation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04419680). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Proclamation Trust reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to August 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.6m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 2178%. Over the whole period it spent 237% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Proclamation Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of St Stephen's House (£1.6m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Fulwood Christ Church, Sheffield (£1.6m) and Coptic Orthodox Church Foundation for the Arch Diocese of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 45%, donations and legacies 45%, trading 5.4% and investments 4.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,636. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £234k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 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.