The Birstall Community Trust

Analysis

The Birstall Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Birstall Community Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £63k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £42k to £40k (-4.5%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Birstall Community Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goseley Community Centre Committee (£39k), Chrysalis (Manchester) (£40k) and The Rowdown Inspire to Aspire Foundation (£39k).

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.