Faith Welfare Trust

Analysis

Faith Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Morpeth. It was registered in September 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Faith Welfare Trust reported income of £92k and spending of £115k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £176k to £92k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 182%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Faith Welfare Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trinity Mission Castleford CIO (£92k), The Beecher Charitable Trust (£92k) and The Greek Orthodox Community of St John the Baptist and St Anthony (£92k).