Plymouth Methodist Central Hall

Analysis

Plymouth Methodist Central Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Plymouth Methodist Central Hall reported income of £742k and spending of £692k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £478k to £742k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Plymouth Methodist Central Hall 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sir Harold Hood's Charitable Trust (£740k), Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam (£744k) and Whitefield Hebrew Congregation (£740k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 37%, trading 34% and donations and legacies 29%. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £31k. Reserves of £172k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.