Birmingham (West) and Oldbury Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Birmingham (West) and Oldbury Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldbury. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Birmingham (West) and Oldbury Methodist Circuit reported income of £234k and spending of £320k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £769k to £234k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Birmingham (West) and Oldbury Methodist Circuit sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fifty Fund (£234k), Holiness Unto the Lord International Church (£234k) and 1 Morechild (£234k).