The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited

Analysis

The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00472409). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.3m (+5.1%), an average of +1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Persula Foundation (£1.3m), The Jan and Catherine Nasmyth Charitable Foundation (£1.3m) and The Mallinckrodt Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £20k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.