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The Methodist Church Ely and Newmarket Circuit

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1133032CambridgeshireReligion
Income£170k2025-08-31
Spending£212ksame year
Spent / received118%5-year average
Size in its cause75th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Methodist Church Ely and Newmarket Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Methodist Church Ely and Newmarket Circuit reported income of £170k and spending of £212k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £169k to £170k (+0.6%), an average of +0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Methodist Church Ely and Newmarket Circuit sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bromley Town Church (£170k), The Parochial Church Council of the Benefice of St Stephen's, Gateacre (£170k) and St Andrews with Castle Gate Nottingham United Reformed Church Charity (£170k).

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£57k£115k£172k£229k2021 Income: £169,1042021 Spending: £189,10420212022 Income: £171,0782022 Spending: £214,65720222023 Income: £187,7342023 Spending: £208,50320232024 Income: £195,0302024 Spending: £229,20120242025 Income: £170,1712025 Spending: £212,0702025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the Date of Union the advancement of:a The Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline of The Methodist Churchb Any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, District, Circuit, local or other organisation of The Methodist Church

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Bromley Town ChurchBromley£170k
The Parochial Church Council of the Benefice of St Stephen's, GateacreLiverpool£170k
St Andrews with Castle Gate Nottingham United Reformed Church CharityNottingham£170k
Sandringham Charitable FoundationLondon£170k