Building Communities Trustee Limited

Analysis

Building Communities Trustee Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caerphilly. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08916805). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Building Communities Trustee Limited reported income of £192k and spending of £3.5m, spending 1810% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £401k to £192k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 389%. Over the whole period it spent 992% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Building Communities Trustee Limited sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Together for Peace (£192k), Wheels 2 Work County Durham (£192k) and St Christopher's Community Centre (£192k).

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.