St Olav Trust

Analysis

St Olav Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06662187). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Olav Trust reported income of £226k and spending of £230k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £184k to £226k (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Olav Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Stoke D'abernon (£226k), Hinckley Methodist Circuit (£226k) and Cox Green Community Centre (£226k).

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.