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Bishop's Stortford Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1127323HertsReligion
Income£167k2025-08-31
Spending£200ksame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause75th pctReligion
Registered2008Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bishop's Stortford Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bishop's Stortford Methodist Church reported income of £167k and spending of £200k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £87k to £167k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bishop's Stortford Methodist Church sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Square Methodist Church, Dunstable (£167k), Kadampa Meditation Centre Leeds (£167k) and Imprint (£167k).

Income and spending

£0£50k£100k£150k£200k2021 Income: £86,6362021 Spending: £102,92920212022 Income: £90,3452022 Spending: £102,70520222023 Income: £128,1062023 Spending: £102,68720232024 Income: £127,4462024 Spending: £116,77220242025 Income: £167,3862025 Spending: £200,1582025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Religious Activities

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Square Methodist Church, DunstableDunstable£167k
Kadampa Meditation Centre LeedsAssembly Street£167k
ImprintLondon£167k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Emmanuel, HastingsEast Sussex£167k