Walsingham Trust

Analysis

Walsingham Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsingham. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11655451). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Walsingham Trust reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.6m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £2.4m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Walsingham Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Da'watul Islam UK and Eire Limited (£2.4m), Society of the Sacred Heart CIO (£2.4m) and Thinkforward (UK) (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 53% and trading 47%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £241k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.