Birmingham Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Birmingham Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. 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.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Birmingham Methodist Circuit reported income of £4.3m and spending of £3.7m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £4.3m (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 81%. 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, Birmingham Methodist Circuit sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely (£4.3m), New Wine Trust (£4.4m) and Tchabe Kollel Limited (£4.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 17%, investments 2.9% and donations and legacies 1.3%. Charitable activities took 28% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £58k. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.