St John's Methodist Church, Potters Bar

Analysis

St John's Methodist Church, Potters Bar is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in July 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, St John's Methodist Church, Potters Bar reported income of £500k and spending of £471k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £374k to £500k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St John's Methodist Church, Potters Bar sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anglo Australian Christian & Charitable Fund (£500k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with St Gabriel and St Lawrence and St Jude; Easton (£501k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew, Plymouth (£500k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 19% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £120k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.