St Austell Methodist Circuit

Registered charity 1141712 · since 2011staustellmethodist.co.uk·Cornwall·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

£8,205

Annual giving, year to 31 August 2025

From filed accounts

£2,413

Typical grant (median)

2 published grants

Key takeaways

The Circuit's stated focus is its own Methodist community, with grants and loans going to local Methodist churches and staff for repairs, equipment, training, and property or mission work, so a group outside that network is unlikely to fit.
Annual giving was £8,205 in the latest annual report, so a modest request is more realistic than a large one.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to contact the Circuit using the contact shown for getting in touch rather than sending a formal application.
A grant range, a geographic focus beyond its registered area of operation in Cornwall, or any timing are not given, so ask about these directly.

Overview

St Austell Methodist Circuit is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1141712).

St Austell Methodist Circuit is a registered charity whose purposes are the advancement of the Christian faith and charitable purposes of Methodist organisations and related charities, specifically supporting the Methodist Churches in the St Austell Circuit of the Cornwall Methodist District. Its Circuit Model Trust Fund supports mission and capital works through grants and loans, and it has made grants to local Methodist churches for repairs, equipment and training. Its annual giving was £8,205 in the latest annual report.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 August 2025) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 31 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Circuit uses its Circuit Model Trust Fund to support mission and capital works, with recommendations intended to ensure that grants are used effectively. Its grants and loans support staff and churches in the Circuit with property schemes. It also directs grants towards repairs, equipment and training for congregations in its Methodist network. Its approach links support for staff and congregations with mission, property and capital needs within the Circuit's work. The stated support is focused on the Circuit's Methodist community.

Themes

Local Methodist churches
Church repairs
Church equipment
Church training

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Cornwall

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to St Austell Methodist Circuit.

Vale of Aylesbury Methodist CircuitNo public processGave £3,443 Herts and Essex Border CircuitNo public processGave £70,500 West Hertfordshire & Borders Methodist CircuitRollingGave £167k Exeter Coast & Country CircuitInvitation onlyGave £56,758 Wirral Methodist CircuitNo public processGave £27,000 Calderdale Methodist CircuitNo public processGave £31,648 St Albans and Welwyn Methodist CircuitNo public processGave £64,220 Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire Methodist DistrictInvitation onlyGave £244k The Vale of Stour Methodist CircuitNo public processGave £6,320 Lincolnshire Methodist DistrictInvitation onlyGave £179k

Grants

2 published grants analysed · median £2,413

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Local Methodist churches
£3,500year to 31 August 2025
Church Mission Society
£1,325year to 31 August 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 with no named recipient.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 August 2021	£433,718	£277,805	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2021
year to 31 August 2022	£208,700	£266,965	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2022
year to 31 August 2023	£224,798	£246,549	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2023
year to 31 August 2024	£356,938	£262,895	—	Accounts for year to 31 August 2024
year to 31 August 2025	£274,267	£261,697	£8,205	Accounts for year to 31 August 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 August 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.