The Filling Station Trust

Analysis

The Filling Station Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Windermere. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06946144). It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Filling Station Trust reported income of £357k and spending of £365k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £189k to £357k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Filling Station Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Neots and Huntingdon Methodist Church Circuit (£357k), The King's House (£357k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Chads Church Romiley (£357k).

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.