Staffordshire Historic Churches Trust

Analysis

Staffordshire Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rugeley. It was registered in April 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Staffordshire Historic Churches Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £35k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £21k to £39k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Staffordshire Historic Churches Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Frome Museum (£39k), Junior Stage 80 (£39k) and Saltaire Community Festival (£39k).