Stirring of the Water Ministries

Analysis

Stirring of the Water Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penryn. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stirring of the Water Ministries reported income of £23k and spending of £23k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £23k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Stirring of the Water Ministries sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ecclesiastical Charity of William Field (£23k), Maritime Christian Ministries (£23k) and Hounslow Christian Fellowship (£23k).

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.