Boston Baptist Trust

Analysis

Boston Baptist Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in November 2021, 5 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, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Boston Baptist Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £150k, spending 298% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2026, income fell from £187k to £51k (-73%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Boston Baptist Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trendlewood Church (£51k), Christian Science Society, Blackheath, London (£51k) and Tanterton Christian Fellowship (£50k).

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.