Church Burgesses Trust

Analysis

Church Burgesses Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in August 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Church Burgesses Trust reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.4m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.0m (+3.9%), an average of +1.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Church Burgesses Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Green Academy Trust (£2.0m), Universal Pentecostal Church (£2.1m) and Theravada Monastic Trust (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 91%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £921k. Reserves of £706k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.