Municipal Charities

Analysis

Municipal Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in November 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Municipal Charities reported income of £133k and spending of £303k, spending 228% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £91k to £133k (+46%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Municipal Charities sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bladder Health UK (£133k), Vessel Unto Honour Christ Apostolic Church (£133k) and Acts of Kindness Collective (£133k).