East Mercia Methodist Circuit

Analysis

East Mercia Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, East Mercia Methodist Circuit reported income of £515k and spending of £703k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £211k to £515k (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 982%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, East Mercia Methodist Circuit 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Laurence, Chorley (£515k), Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Oldham (£515k) and The Greek Cathedral Trust Fund (£514k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 3.0% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 29% of spending and raising funds 67%. Reserves of £415k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.