Colchester Churches Charitable Trust

Analysis

Colchester Churches Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in December 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 organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Colchester Churches Charitable Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £74k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £200k to £50k (-75%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Colchester Churches Charitable Trust sits at the 48th 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 World Soul Winning Church of Christ (£50k), Shrewsbury Unitarian Church (£50k) and East London Alliance Church (£50k).