East Anglia District of the Methodist Church

Analysis

East Anglia District of the Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in May 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, East Anglia District of the Methodist Church reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.3m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £893k to £1.5m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, East Anglia District of the Methodist Church sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church Growth Trust Limited (£1.5m), Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit (£1.5m) and Cathedral Church of St Nicholas in Newcastle (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52%, charitable activities 44% and investments 4.0%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £716k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.