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Fingringhoe Church Green Trust Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 279841ColchesterHousing and shelter
Income£54k2025-12-31
Spending£35ksame year
Spent / received74%5-year average
Size in its cause53rd pctHousing and shelter
Registered1980Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Fingringhoe Church Green Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in April 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01474655). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Fingringhoe Church Green Trust Limited reported income of £54k and spending of £35k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £32k to £54k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Fingringhoe Church Green Trust Limited sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lathom Almshouse Charity (£54k), Bethany Home (£54k) and Felsted Almshouse Charity (£53k).

Income and spending

£0£13k£27k£40k£54k2021 Income: £32,0002021 Spending: £14,00020212022 Income: £30,6602022 Spending: £29,39620222023 Income: £36,7102023 Spending: £33,46120232024 Income: £48,4092024 Spending: £38,10120242025 Income: £53,9972025 Spending: £35,0592025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We provide warden assisted housing for the elderly.

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CharityLocationIncome
Lathom Almshouse CharityOrmskirk£54k
Bethany HomeBristol£54k
Felsted Almshouse CharityDunmow£53k
The Worboys Court TrustHertfordshire£54k