Rural Ministries

Analysis

Rural Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Royston. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00688281). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rural Ministries reported income of £154k and spending of £425k, spending 275% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £93k to £154k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 240%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Rural Ministries sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of Winklebury and Worting (£154k), Stanmore Chapel (£154k) and Grove Hill Evangelical Church (£154k).