Freshfire Trust

Analysis

Freshfire Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in October 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Freshfire Trust reported income of £175k and spending of £176k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £292k to £175k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Freshfire Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smith Bradbeer Charitable Trust (£175k), Ecclesiastical Purposes in Connection with the Church of England(Parish of Boyne Hill, Maidenhead) (£175k) and The Crowded House Collective (£175k).