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Sutton Coldfield Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1128900Sutton ColdfieldReligion
Income£188k2025-08-31
Spending£146ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause78th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Sutton Coldfield Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton Coldfield. 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, Sutton Coldfield Methodist Church reported income of £188k and spending of £146k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £121k to £188k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sutton Coldfield Methodist Church sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hertford and Hitchin Area Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (£187k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement, Higher Openshaw (£188k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Isles of Scilly (£187k).

Income and spending

£0£47k£94k£141k£188k2021 Income: £120,7812021 Spending: £121,30020212022 Income: £154,7032022 Spending: £142,45720222023 Income: £170,3442023 Spending: £177,20020232024 Income: £174,7742024 Spending: £174,40220242025 Income: £187,6192025 Spending: £145,7542025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

a) The provision of regular acts of worship open to members of the church and non-members alike; b) The provision of sacred space (a building) for prayer and contemplation; c) The teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups; d) Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved; e) Taking religious assemblies in local schools.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Hertford and Hitchin Area Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)Bedfordshire£187k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Clement, Higher OpenshawManchester£188k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Isles of ScillyIsles of Scilly£187k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of DedworthWindsor£188k