Northgate Church Trust

Analysis

Northgate Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in February 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 individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Northgate Church Trust reported income of £270k and spending of £277k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £191k to £270k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Northgate Church Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vera Wolstencroft Children and Animal Charitable Trust (£270k), Tadley and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£270k) and The Vineyard Congregational Church (£269k).

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.