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Bicester Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1130238BicesterReligion
Income£114k2025-08-31
Spending£112ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause65th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bicester Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bicester. It was registered in June 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, Bicester Methodist Church reported income of £114k and spending of £112k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £67k to £114k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bicester Methodist Church sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with St Nicholas,weymouth (£114k), Sakina Trust (£114k) and Zion Baptist Church, Melbourn (£114k).

Income and spending

£0£32k£64k£95k£127k2021 Income: £67,3122021 Spending: £70,95320212022 Income: £77,6732022 Spending: £80,79120222023 Income: £108,5452023 Spending: £127,03520232024 Income: £115,6742024 Spending: £100,55520242025 Income: £114,0362025 Spending: £112,4242025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

The purpose of Bicester Methodist Church is to respond to the Gospel of God's love in Christ through worship, care, discipleship and witness. In this context it provides: opportunities for times of prayer and worship; Christian love and support according to the Gospel of Christ; opportunities for deeper exploration of the faith; practical works of service to share the Christian message.

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CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with St Nicholas,weymouthWeymouth£114k
Sakina TrustLondon£114k
Zion Baptist Church, MelbournRoyston£114k
Bovey Tracey Baptist ChurchNewton Abbot£114k