The Sussex Historic Churches Trust

Analysis

The Sussex Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in April 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sussex Historic Churches Trust reported income of £123k and spending of £121k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £129k to £123k (-4.9%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Sussex Historic Churches Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 71blue (£123k), The Prehistoric Society (£123k) and Somerset Earth Science Centre (£122k).