Morning Star Trust

Analysis

Morning Star Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in August 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02412804). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Morning Star Trust reported income of £306k and spending of £273k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £211k to £306k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Morning Star Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wokingham Methodist Church (£306k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Thames Ditton (£306k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary on the Hill, Chester (£305k).