Southlands Methodist Trust

Analysis

Southlands Methodist Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Southlands Methodist Trust reported income of £521k and spending of £728k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £473k to £521k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Southlands Methodist Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The General Baptist Church Minister's Support Fund (£521k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Margate (£522k) and Bbyo (£521k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 6.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £188k. Reserves of £10.8m would cover about 173 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.