Bible Encounter Trust Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Analysis

Bible Encounter Trust Charitable Incorporated Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheadle. It was registered in September 2018, 8 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 provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Bible Encounter Trust Charitable Incorporated Organisation reported income of £42k and spending of £51k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £45k to £42k (-6.8%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bible Encounter Trust Charitable Incorporated Organisation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Mission Church (£42k), The Parish Hall Charity (£42k) and Chipstead Chapel (£42k).

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.