The Canaan Christian Trust

Analysis

The Canaan Christian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheringham. It was registered in January 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Canaan Christian Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £45k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £42k to £41k (-0.9%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Canaan Christian Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% 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 Faizan-E-Rasool Education Centre Limited (£41k), Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Jamia Masjid (£41k) and Turath Scholarship Fund (£41k).