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Oswestry Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1128700ShrewsburyReligion
Income£162k2025-08-31
Spending£163ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Oswestry Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in March 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, Oswestry Methodist Church reported income of £162k and spending of £163k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £127k to £162k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Oswestry Methodist Church sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% 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 St Benedict's Centre (£162k), Rushmoor Muslim Association (£163k) and The Lutheran Church in Great Britain (£162k).

Income and spending

£0£42k£83k£125k£166k2021 Income: £127,1982021 Spending: £139,48220212022 Income: £153,3822022 Spending: £153,14320222023 Income: £141,9672023 Spending: £137,84020232024 Income: £163,6272024 Spending: £166,45920242025 Income: £162,4322025 Spending: £163,0592025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Relgious Activities

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