Refresh Church Trust

Analysis

Refresh Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07455600). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Refresh Church Trust reported income of £145k and spending of £171k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £187k to £145k (-22%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 19%. 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, Refresh Church Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercian Community Trust (£145k), Trust Property Held by Trustees of St Augustine's Priory (£145k) and Adderbury Feoffee Charity (£145k).