Epsom Methodist Church

Analysis

Epsom Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. 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, Epsom Methodist Church reported income of £861k and spending of £674k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £473k to £861k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Epsom Methodist Church sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include York Methodist Circuit (£860k), Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist Crawley (£862k) and Scalabrini Fathers Company (£860k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 37%, investments 2.7% and trading 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £710k would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.