Banner of Truth Building Fund

Analysis

Banner of Truth Building Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edinburgh. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Banner of Truth Building Fund reported income of £280k and spending of £128k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £80k to £280k (+252%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 2329%. Over the whole period it spent 8.5% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Banner of Truth Building Fund sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wembdon (£280k), Reformed Church International - United Kingdom (£280k) and The Pocket Testament League Limited (£280k).