Catholic Charitable Trust

Analysis

Catholic Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Catholic Charitable Trust reported income of £105k and spending of £160k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £95k to £105k (+11%), an average of +2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Catholic Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Church of the Ascension Preston Wembley (£105k), Cuk Liverpool Church (£105k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicholas with St Mary, Strood (£105k).

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.