The Vine Christian Trust

Analysis

The Vine Christian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Vine Christian Trust reported income of £94k and spending of £96k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £98k to £94k (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Vine Christian Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% 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 The Footprints Foundation (£94k), Gostart Community Transport (£95k) and Fund for Human Need (£94k).