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Orpington Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1129331KentReligion
Income£207k2025-08-31
Spending£202ksame year
Spent / received114%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Orpington Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Orpington Methodist Church reported income of £207k and spending of £202k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £78k to £207k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Orpington Methodist Church sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Friern Barnet (£207k), Abs Training Ltd (£207k) and Al- Falah Braintree Islamic Centre Ltd (£207k).

Income and spending

£0£61k£121k£182k£243k2021 Income: £78,0792021 Spending: £191,45520212022 Income: £135,6992022 Spending: £180,22720222023 Income: £186,6262023 Spending: £202,28220232024 Income: £242,8372024 Spending: £196,07320242025 Income: £206,9072025 Spending: £201,5472025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Spiritual and the furtherance of God's Kingdom

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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Friern BarnetLondon£207k
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Al- Falah Braintree Islamic Centre LtdEssex£207k
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