Centre Ministries

Analysis

Centre Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oswestry. It was registered in August 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00679901). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Centre Ministries reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £983k to £1.8m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Centre Ministries sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Haslemere (£1.8m), London Quakers Property Trust (£1.8m) and Trinity Road Chapel (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, trading 3.6%, donations and legacies 1.7% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £3.4m would cover about 24 months of spending at that rate. It employed 62 people.