Good Stewards Trust - Essex and East London

Analysis

Good Stewards Trust - Essex and East London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Good Stewards Trust - Essex and East London reported income of £193k and spending of £227k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £151k to £193k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Good Stewards Trust - Essex and East London sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% 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 Sukyo Mahikari (£193k), Eltham Park Baptist Church Playwell Pre-School (£193k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrews, Kinson, Bournemouth (£193k).