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Stratford Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1127618LondonReligion
Income£219k2025-08-31
Spending£184ksame year
Spent / received69%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Stratford Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2009, 17 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, Stratford Methodist Church reported income of £219k and spending of £184k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £101k to £219k (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Stratford Methodist Church sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hailsham (£219k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Jude, Mapperley, Nottingham (£219k) and The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK (£219k).

Income and spending

£0£55k£110k£164k£219k2021 Income: £100,7472021 Spending: £73,29220212022 Income: £168,1612022 Spending: £79,14020222023 Income: £191,9152023 Spending: £124,39820232024 Income: £207,9002024 Spending: £149,87520242025 Income: £219,1242025 Spending: £184,4112025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Stratford Methodist church provides worship and mission. Opportunities for worship in the Methodist Christian tradition are primarily through Sunday services, including Sunday school for children. Mission to the community takes the form of community work activities within the building, i.e. parents and toddler group, groups for elderly and letting of rooms for community use.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of HailshamHailsham£219k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Jude, Mapperley, NottinghamNottingham£219k
The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UKAccrington£219k
Water Lane United Reformed Church CharityHertfordshire£219k