The Shaftesbury Christian Trust

Analysis

The Shaftesbury Christian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in December 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Shaftesbury Christian Trust reported income of £179k and spending of £324k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £327k to £179k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Shaftesbury Christian Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lion Walk United Reformed Church Charity (£179k), Grangetown Baptist Church (£179k) and Abergavenny Baptist Church (£179k).