The Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers

Analysis

The Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carnforth. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03573958). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.7m (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (£2.7m), The Cathedral Church of Saint James and Saint Edmund, Bury St Edmunds (£2.7m) and Child Light Limited (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82% and donations and legacies 12%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £137k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.