Preston Down Trust

Analysis

Preston Down Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Abbot. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Preston Down Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £60k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £38k to £51k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Preston Down Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amnos Ministries (£51k), The York Street Gospel Hall Trust (£51k) and Friends of St Nicholas Church, Peopleton (£51k).

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.