The Methodist Church, West Oxfordshire Circuit

Analysis

The Methodist Church, West Oxfordshire Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in February 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, The Methodist Church, West Oxfordshire Circuit reported income of £276k and spending of £681k, spending 247% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £251k to £276k (+10.0%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Methodist Church, West Oxfordshire Circuit sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% 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 Park Road Community Trust (£275k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Thomas with St Stephen, Telford Park (£276k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Southbroom, Devizes (£275k).