The Seven Sowers Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Seven Sowers Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Taunton. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Seven Sowers Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21k to £16k (-23%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 23%. 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, The Seven Sowers Charitable Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Values in Education (£16k), New Gravel Pit Unitarian Chapel Fund (£16k) and Community of Yahweh Worldwide (£16k).

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.