Bedfordshire Essex and Hertfordshire District of the Methodist Church

Analysis

Bedfordshire Essex and Hertfordshire District of the Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bedfordshire Essex and Hertfordshire District of the Methodist Church reported income of £980k and spending of £830k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £383k to £980k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bedfordshire Essex and Hertfordshire District of the Methodist Church sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Canford Magna (£980k), The PCC of Harbour Church Portsmouth (£980k) and The North West London Talmudical College (£979k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, investments 6.6% and donations and legacies 3.2%. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £503k. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.