The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust

Analysis

The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust reported income of £82k and spending of £119k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £138k to £82k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hull Kurdish Community Association (£82k), The Loughborough Mosque and Islamic Cultural Association (£82k) and Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (£82k).

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.