The Vernon Smith Church Trust Charity

Analysis

The Vernon Smith Church Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in August 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Vernon Smith Church Trust Charity reported income of £28k and spending of £11k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £20k to £28k (+40%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Vernon Smith Church Trust Charity sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seion Welsh Baptist Chapel (£28k), The Friday Apostles St John's Church Of God (£28k) and Christian Science Society, Exeter (£28k).