The Clitheroe Community Church Trust

Analysis

The Clitheroe Community Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Clitheroe. It was registered in August 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Clitheroe Community Church Trust reported income of £88k and spending of £97k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £73k to £88k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Clitheroe Community Church Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life Christian Centre (£88k), The Courtney Foundation (£88k) and The M Y a Charitable Trust (£88k).