The Minster Centre

Analysis

The Minster Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02966937). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Minster Centre reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to June 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £2.0m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Minster Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Carpenters Company Charitable Trust (£2.0m), Socitm (£2.0m) and V Learning Network (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £366k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.