The Charlton and Blackheath Christian Fellowship Trust

Analysis

The Charlton and Blackheath Christian Fellowship Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Charlton and Blackheath Christian Fellowship Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £37k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £44k to £37k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Charlton and Blackheath Christian Fellowship Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Building Bridges Food Hub (£37k), Westminster Bangladeshi Association (£37k) and Grace Gospel Church Leeds UK (£37k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.