Mid Cornwall Circuit, The Methodist Church

Analysis

Mid Cornwall Circuit, The Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Mid Cornwall Circuit, The Methodist Church reported income of £934k and spending of £1.3m, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £282k to £934k (+232%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 389%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mid Cornwall Circuit, The Methodist Church sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Hampstead Charitable Trust (£934k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's, St Albans (£935k) and Toldos Aharon Trust Limited (£931k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 8.6%, charitable activities 5.9% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £511k. Reserves of £200k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.