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Elburton Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1128726PlymouthReligion
Income£57k2025-08-31
Spending£52ksame year
Spent / received108%5-year average
Size in its cause51st pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Elburton Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. 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, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Elburton Methodist Church reported income of £57k and spending of £52k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £37k to £57k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Elburton Methodist Church sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Science Society-Halifax (£57k), Hingham Christian Fellowship (£57k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Harwood, St Bartholomew and St John (£57k).

Income and spending

£0£17k£33k£50k£66k2021 Income: £36,6702021 Spending: £40,03520212022 Income: £43,2282022 Spending: £57,25920222023 Income: £66,3582023 Spending: £66,39020232024 Income: £45,4682024 Spending: £52,37520242025 Income: £57,2132025 Spending: £51,7242025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN FAITH.PROVIDE SPACE FOR USE BY ORGANISATIONS SUBSIDIARY AND ANCILLIARY TO THE METHODIST CHURCH, EG SCOUTS, CUBS, BEAVERS, RAINBOWS, BROWNIES, WIVES GROUP, WOMENS NETWORK, LUNCH CLUB, COFFEE MORNINGS, SUNDAY WORSHIP, CHURCH MEETINGS, MUSIC AND DRAMA.

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Christian Science Society-HalifaxWest Yorkshire£57k
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