St Matts Plymouth

Registered charity 1134139 · since 2010stmplymouth.org.uk·International, Plymouth, United Kingdom·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

St Matts Plymouth's giving suits work in church planting, mission activity or financial hardship, and its published figures put average funds at no more than £100, so a modest request fits.
The Acts 4 Fund supports only people in the St Matts' family and does not consider applications where all other avenues have not been explored, so applicants from outside the church should not apply to it.
Acts 4 Fund cases start with a referral form completed by someone who knows the person in crisis, and the Acts 4 Team considers each one prayerfully and tells both the nominator and the proposed recipient.
The Mission Fund provides small grants to those involved in mission at home or abroad, but no application process is publicly published, so contact the charity before preparing a full request.
Its published material does not say how competitive its giving is, when it decides, or how large its grants can be.

Overview

St Matts Plymouth is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1134139).

St Matts Plymouth is a City Centre Resource Church whose vision is to play its part in the evangelisation of the nations, the revitalisation of the Church and the transformation of society. It tithes 10% of its income to other local, national and international charities and mission organisations. It also runs the Acts 4 Fund, which gives small grants to St Matts members in financial hardship, and the Mission Fund, which gives small grants to those involved in mission activities at home or abroad and stood at £8,074. The Acts 4 Fund has paid out £2,500 in grants, and its end-of-year fund balance is £5,110.

What they fund

Priority Areas

St Matts directs a tenth of its income to local, national and international charities and mission organisations. Its giving includes support for church planting in and around Plymouth through St Matts and small grants to members undertaking missionary endeavours at home or abroad. The Acts 4 Fund supports church members in financial difficulty; the website describes it as helping people in the St Matts’ family experiencing a financial crisis. For this fund, someone may nominate a person in crisis, and the Acts 4 Team considers the application prayerfully. Its giving combines outward support for charities and mission work with targeted help for its church community.

Themes

Church planting
Mission activities
Financial hardship

Geographic Focus

Plymouth; UK; international.

What they don't fund

Acts 4 Fund only: People who are not part of the St Matts’ family; Applications where all other avenues have not been explored

How to apply

For the Acts 4 Fund, someone who knows a person experiencing a financial crisis may nominate them using the referral form. The Acts 4 Team considers the application prayerfully and informs both the nominator and the proposed recipient.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom
International
Plymouth

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to St Matts Plymouth.

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£454,602	£537,640	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£282,103	£356,834	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£322,118	£359,254	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£283,787	£309,506	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£272,364	£308,645	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

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.