Philadelphia Trust CIO

Analysis

Philadelphia Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Malvern. It was registered in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Philadelphia Trust CIO reported income of £15k and spending of £58k, spending 374% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £16k to £15k (-3.3%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 192% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Philadelphia Trust CIO sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community of Christ (Penllergaer) (£15k), Bethel Gospel Ministries London (£15k) and Albert Wilson Memorial Field (£15k).

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.