The Payne Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Payne Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abergele. It was registered in July 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Payne Charitable Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £33k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £42k to £31k (-25%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Payne Charitable Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Evangelistic Outreach (£31k), South Ruislip Community Association (£31k) and Celestial Church of Christ Rock of Ages Parish (£31k).