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National Forest East Methodist Circuit

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1133460LeicestershireReligion
Income£369k2025-08-31
Spending£415ksame year
Spent / received147%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctReligion
Registered2010Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

National Forest East Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in January 2010, 16 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, National Forest East Methodist Circuit reported income of £369k and spending of £415k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £216k to £369k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, National Forest East 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Neston (£369k), Wymondham Baptist Church (£370k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Pauls, Letchworth,herts (Trading As St Paul's Letchworth) (£369k).

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£162k£323k£485k£647k2021 Income: £216,4262021 Spending: £290,56220212022 Income: £259,1992022 Spending: £377,94020222023 Income: £230,8692023 Spending: £646,58720232024 Income: £441,8952024 Spending: £497,53820242025 Income: £369,4922025 Spending: £415,3852025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The National Forest East Methodist Circuit was formerly known as the Ashby & Coalville Methodist Circuit; it was renamed when it amalgamated with the adjoining Castle Donington Circuit in September 2012. The Circuit comprises 13 local Methodist churches and fellowships serving the area's towns and villages.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of NestonNeston£369k
Wymondham Baptist ChurchWymondham£370k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Pauls, Letchworth,herts (Trading As St Paul's Letchworth)Letchworth Garden City£369k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of BridportDorset£370k