Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust

Analysis

Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cirencester. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust reported income of £266k and spending of £153k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £246k to £266k (+8.3%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stratford Islamic Cultural Centre Trust Limited (£266k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wonersh with Blackheath (£266k) and Colchester Baptist Church (£266k).