Compton Meeting Rooms Trust

Analysis

Compton Meeting Rooms Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Compton Meeting Rooms Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £36k, spending 224% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,457 to £16k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 261%. Over the whole period it spent 200% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Compton Meeting Rooms Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darul Fajar (£16k), The Beshara Trust (£16k) and The Lighthouse Church (£16k).

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.