Thames Valley Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Thames Valley Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Thames Valley Methodist Circuit reported income of £285k and spending of £320k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £285k to £285k (-0.2%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Thames Valley Methodist Circuit sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minchinhampton with Box PCC (£285k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints & St Marks West Parley (£285k) and Abu Hurairah Islamic Institute (£285k).

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.