Burnley and Pendle Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Burnley and Pendle Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Burnley and Pendle Methodist Circuit reported income of £354k and spending of £336k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £332k to £354k (+6.6%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Burnley and Pendle Methodist Circuit sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mater Ecclesiae CIO (£354k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dorchester and West Stafford (£354k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mark, New Milverton (£353k).