The Walsingham College Trust Association Ltd

Analysis

The Walsingham College Trust Association Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00318358). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Walsingham College Trust Association Ltd reported income of £3.2m and spending of £3.6m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £3.2m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Walsingham College Trust Association Ltd sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PHGS Foundation Ltd (£3.2m), Comet Charities Ltd (£3.2m) and Islamic Education and Research Academy (Iera) (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, trading 22%, investments 15% and donations and legacies 14%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £120k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £9.3m would cover about 30 months of spending at that rate. It employed 63 people.

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.