Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust

Analysis

Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £45k, spending 192% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £211k to £23k (-89%), an average of -42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 269%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trust Property Held in Connection with Bryn Baptist Church (£23k), Cheribum and Seraphim Movement Church Heirs of Grace Model Parish (£23k) and 26th Cambridge Scout Group (£23k).

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.