Penhurst Church Trust

Analysis

Penhurst Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Battle. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Penhurst Church Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £6,942, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £7,756 to £11k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 326%. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Penhurst Church Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fylde Bird Club (£11k), King's Lynn Worfolk Boat Trust (£11k) and The Friends of Blantyre Wesm (The Blantyre Branch of the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi) (£11k).