Canvas

Analysis

Canvas is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Canvas reported income of £170k and spending of £159k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £88k to £170k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Canvas sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter, Colchester (£170k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Battle (£170k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints', Isleworth (£170k).