A Cornish Methodist church and registered charity has failed to give any reason for defaulting on annual accounts which were almost 600 days late, according to a Charity Commission inquiry report published today.

The Truro Methodist Church, which has charitable objectives to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrines of the Methodist Church, failed to submit its annual accounts and reports for the financial years ending 31 August 2012 and 2013.

The church is now listed as “up-to-date” on the charity register and is no longer in breach of its legal obligations.

Representatives of the charity were contacted by telephone on 7 January 2015 and told that if the documents were not submitted by 25 January the organisation would be under investigation. On 26 January, the charity became part of the commission’s inquiry.

Annual accounts for the year ending 31 August 2012 were submitted to the regulator on 5 February 2015 and the accounts for the following year 2013 were submitted on 26 February 2015, making £473,000 of charitable income transparent and accounted for.

According to the inquiry report, no explanation was provided by the Truro Methodist Church as to why its accounts had been filed late.

Despite being listed as up-to-date, the accounts in question from 31 August 2012 and 2013 are not yet able to be viewed on the commission’s website. A spokeswoman from the regulator said this is due to an IT issue.

The last available accounts, published for the year ending 31 August 2011, show that the Truro Methodist Church had an annual income of £249,000 and spent £220,000. The charity has 34 trustees, but no full-time employees.

The Charity Commission report says that the church’s accounts were “referred for scrutiny” to its accountants, and should “any issues arise” they will be followed up separately.

The Truro Methodist Church was approached for a comment but has not responded.