Formission CIO

Analysis

Formission CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Formission CIO reported income of £278k and spending of £277k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £648k to £278k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Formission CIO sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Fawley, Winchester Diocese (£278k), Watling Valley Ecumenical Partnership (£279k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God (The Fountain) (£278k).