St Seraphim's Trust

Analysis

St Seraphim's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsingham. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06287991). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, St Seraphim's Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £31k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £35k to £26k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Seraphim's Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Paraclete Chapel Charity (£26k), Wesley Chapel (Harrogate) (£26k) and Geeta Bhawan (£26k).

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.