The Christ Church Trust

Analysis

The Christ Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in January 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Christ Church Trust reported income of £232k and spending of £48k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £232k (+822%), an average of +74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 352%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Christ Church Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Samuel Wallace Smedley Charitable Trust (£232k), Ashbourne Almshouse Charity (£233k) and Plaxton Family Housing Trust (£231k).