Whitfield Tabernacle Trust

Analysis

Whitfield Tabernacle Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Whitfield Tabernacle Trust reported income of £102k and spending of £1,691, leaving 98% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £120k to £102k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 604%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Whitfield Tabernacle Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Huntingdonshire History Festival (£102k), Friends of Brook Green (£102k) and Yorkshire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (£102k).