Truro Municipal Charities

Analysis

Truro Municipal Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in February 1962, 64 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 makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Truro Municipal Charities reported income of £21k and spending of £21k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £21k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Truro Municipal Charities sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parochial Charities (£21k), Vanza Mandal (£21k) and Elland and District Foodbank (£21k).