The Tufton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Tufton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rye. It was registered in May 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Tufton Charitable Trust reported income of £202k and spending of £221k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £914k to £202k (-78%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Tufton Charitable Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minchinhampton Baptist Church (£202k), The Lyttelton Well Limited (£202k) and Christ Apostolic Church Faith Chapel (£202k).

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.