Plymouth Cathedral Chapter

Analysis

Plymouth Cathedral Chapter is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Plymouth Cathedral Chapter reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,338 to £10k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Plymouth Cathedral Chapter sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Great Awakening Conference (Tgac) (£10k), Grace Community Fellowship (£10k) and Ebor Eruv Charitable Trust (£10k).

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.