Sawbridgeworth Ecclesiastical Charity

Analysis

Sawbridgeworth Ecclesiastical Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sawbridgeworth. It was registered in July 1971, 55 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 March 2025, Sawbridgeworth Ecclesiastical Charity reported income of £18k and spending of £12k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £10k to £18k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sawbridgeworth Ecclesiastical Charity sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The St Lawrence Hatfield Endowment Trust (£18k), Eau Vive (UK) Trust (£18k) and Newton Abbot Spiritualist Church (£18k).