Churchgate Charitable Trust

Analysis

Churchgate Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Churchgate Charitable Trust reported income of £313k and spending of £46k, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £313k (+1796%), an average of +109% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 589%. Over the whole period it spent 27% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Churchgate Charitable Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gellideg Foundation Community Association (£313k), Odin Charitable Trust (£313k) and Sandwell Aquatics Club (£312k).