The Mayflower Christian Bookshops Charity Trust

Analysis

The Mayflower Christian Bookshops Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in July 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mayflower Christian Bookshops Charity Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £30k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £47k to £22k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Mayflower Christian Bookshops Charity Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Science Group, Pinner (£22k), Hampden View Wesleyan Reform Church (£22k) and Moss Bank Mission (£22k).

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.