The Amelia Methodist Trust Company Limited

Analysis

The Amelia Methodist Trust Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barry. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and animals, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02541591). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Amelia Methodist Trust Company Limited reported income of £613k and spending of £624k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £467k to £613k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Amelia Methodist Trust Company Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund (£613k), The London Merit Association (£616k) and Watchtree Nature Reserve Limited (£612k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, trading 14%, donations and legacies 5.3% and investments 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £388. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.5%. Reserves of £243k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.