Worcester Christian Education Trust

Analysis

Worcester Christian Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in January 2017, 9 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Worcester Christian Education Trust reported income of £925k and spending of £905k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £619k to £925k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Worcester Christian Education Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St.mark, Battersea Rise (£924k), Pak7 International (£930k) and A Rocha UK (£921k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 1.1% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £261. Reserves of £230k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.