Plymouth and Devonport Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Plymouth and Devonport Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Plymouth and Devonport Methodist Circuit reported income of £604k and spending of £431k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £444k to £604k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Plymouth and Devonport Methodist Circuit sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiasical Parish of Highfield, Southampton (£604k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Stephen, Tonbridge (£605k) and Mechinah Golders Green Limited (£603k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70% and investments 3.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5,000. Reserves of £536k would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.