The Church of the Firstborn Trust

Analysis

The Church of the Firstborn Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Church of the Firstborn Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £49k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £39k (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 209%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Church of the Firstborn Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Providence Chapel, Chichester (£39k), Barclay Hall Christian Fellowship Trust (£39k) and Faith Life Church - Grantham (£39k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.