West Midlands Methodist District

Analysis

West Midlands Methodist District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. 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, West Midlands Methodist District reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1000k to £1.5m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, West Midlands Methodist District sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rydal Hall Limited (£1.5m), Northampton Methodist District (£1.5m) and One Home Church (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 7.9% and investments 6.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £302k. Reserves of £77k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.