East Staffordshire and South Derbyshire Methodist Circuit

Analysis

East Staffordshire and South Derbyshire Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, East Staffordshire and South Derbyshire Methodist Circuit reported income of £447k and spending of £525k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £323k to £447k (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 239%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, East Staffordshire and South Derbyshire 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 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oasis Community Church Aberdare (£447k), Parabola Foundation (£448k) and Trinity Christian Centre (£447k).

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.