Benfleet Methodist Church

Analysis

Benfleet Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Benfleet. 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, Benfleet Methodist Church reported income of £351k and spending of £125k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £218k to £351k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Benfleet Methodist Church sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flame International (£351k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dibden (£352k) and St Peter's Canary Wharf Trust (£351k).