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Romford Methodist Circuit

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1132795RomfordReligion
Income£331k2025-08-31
Spending£485ksame year
Spent / received92%5-year average
Size in its cause88th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Romford Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Romford. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Romford Methodist Circuit reported income of £331k and spending of £485k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £309k to £331k (+7.0%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 436%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Romford Methodist Circuit sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church and St Pauls Anerley (£330k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Aldershot Saint Michael (£331k) and Springfield Gospel Trust (£330k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£414k£828k£1.2m£1.7m2021 Income: £308,9492021 Spending: £317,98120212022 Income: £1,655,4392022 Spending: £1,072,85620222023 Income: £325,6022023 Spending: £437,61420232024 Income: £329,2912024 Spending: £415,53720242025 Income: £330,5302025 Spending: £484,7082025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Romford Methodist Circuit is the primary unit to which the 10 local churches are connected for the purposes of mission.It is the Circuit to which ministers are stationed and preachers trained and it is responsible for the effective deployment of the resources of ministry - people, property and finance, providing sacred space and space for community activities in sympathy with our Christian ethos.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church and St Pauls AnerleyLondon£330k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Aldershot Saint MichaelHampshire£331k
Springfield Gospel TrustChichester£330k
St Albans and Welwyn Methodist CircuitSt Albans£331k