Greyfriars Missionary Trust

Analysis

Greyfriars Missionary Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in November 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Greyfriars Missionary Trust reported income of £75k and spending of £113k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £91k to £75k (-17%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Greyfriars Missionary Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Really Amazing Charity (Trac2) (£75k), Numinous (£75k) and The Holy Pentecostal Church of Christ (Aladura) Trust (£75k).