The South Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit

Analysis

The South Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. 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 buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The South Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit reported income of £473k and spending of £474k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £397k to £473k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The South Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, Wokingham (£472k), Bodmin, Padstow & Wadebridge Methodist Circuit (£473k) and Gama Tzedaka Limited (£472k).