The North Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit

Analysis

The North Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. 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, The North Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit reported income of £715k and spending of £484k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £396k to £715k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The North Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Cheshire Methodist Circuit (£714k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Ferndown (£716k) and United Hebrew Congregation Leeds (£714k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, trading 7.3% and investments 4.8%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.3%. Reserves of £4.9m would cover about 121 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.