Congo Children Trust

Analysis

Congo Children Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Congo Children Trust reported income of £248k and spending of £203k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £188k to £248k (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Congo Children Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Humans MCR (£248k), Eglise Armee Des Vainqueurs "Eav" (£248k) and The Radford Educational Trust (£247k).