The Green Woodpecker Trust

Analysis

The Green Woodpecker Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horsham. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Green Woodpecker Trust reported income of £71k and spending of £31k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £361k to £71k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Green Woodpecker Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society for Advancing the Christian Faith (£71k), Christ Church Cambourne (£71k) and Christ Apostolic Church Word of His Grace (£71k).