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Loughton Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1126831LoughtonReligion
Income£278k2025-08-31
Spending£313ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctReligion
Registered2008Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Loughton Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughton. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Loughton Methodist Church reported income of £278k and spending of £313k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £250k to £278k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Loughton Methodist Church sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John, Bowling, Bradford (£278k), Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Community Trust (£278k) and St John's Methodist Church Llandudno (£278k).

Income and spending

£0£109k£219k£328k£437k2021 Income: £249,7802021 Spending: £288,67920212022 Income: £245,4572022 Spending: £259,73920222023 Income: £265,0802023 Spending: £291,35020232024 Income: £437,1672024 Spending: £300,15020242025 Income: £278,0012025 Spending: £312,6622025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Methodist Church

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John, Bowling, BradfordBradford£278k
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Community TrustLondon£278k
St John's Methodist Church LlandudnoLlandudno£278k
Surbiton Hill Methodist ChurchSurrey£278k