Renewal Churches Trust

Analysis

Renewal Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tonbridge. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04909950). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Renewal Churches Trust reported income of £61k and spending of £50k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £45k to £61k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Renewal Churches Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Living Hope (£61k), Swanley and District Foodbank (£61k) and St Lawrence Charitable Fund (£61k).