Ilfracombe and Barnstaple Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Ilfracombe and Barnstaple Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. 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.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ilfracombe and Barnstaple Methodist Circuit reported income of £409k and spending of £293k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £192k to £409k (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ilfracombe and Barnstaple Methodist Circuit sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Cheltenham (£409k), New Frontiers Life Church Southampton (£409k) and Mrs Em Bates Trust (£409k).