General Trust Fund of the Church Union

Analysis

General Trust Fund of the Church Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, General Trust Fund of the Church Union reported income of £159k and spending of £76k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £98k to £159k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, General Trust Fund of the Church Union sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% 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 Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew's, Earlsfield (£159k), Shalom Media UK Limited (£159k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Attleborough, Nuneaton (£159k).