Charles Plater Trust

Analysis

Charles Plater Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Charles Plater Trust reported income of £147k and spending of £554k, spending 376% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £167k to £147k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 219% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Charles Plater Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicholas, Shepperton (£147k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, Fulham (£147k) and Medhurst Ministries (£147k).

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.