Friends of Essex Churches Trust

Analysis

Friends of Essex Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Essex Churches Trust reported income of £167k and spending of £158k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £294k to £167k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Essex Churches Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Nautical Archaeology Society (£166k), The Douglas Bomford Trust (£167k) and More Trees for Bath and North East Somerset (£166k).