Municipal Charities

Analysis

Municipal Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in February 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Municipal Charities reported income of £85k and spending of £55k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £64k to £85k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Municipal Charities sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited (£85k), Har Shiv Shri Trust (£85k) and Pendle Food for All (£85k).