The St Joseph's Benwell Church Trust

Analysis

The St Joseph's Benwell Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in February 2023, 3 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 other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The St Joseph's Benwell Church Trust reported income of £456k and spending of £406k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £456k (-74%), an average of -74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 27% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The St Joseph's Benwell Church Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodgreen Evangelical Church (£456k), Debre Medhanit Kidane Mehret Eritrean Christian Orthodox Tewahdo Church in UK Ltd (£456k) and Riding Lights (£455k).