Lincolnshire Methodist District

Analysis

Lincolnshire Methodist District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lincolnshire Methodist District reported income of £504k and spending of £355k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £243k to £504k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lincolnshire Methodist District sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maher Community Association (Leicester) U K (£504k), Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri Limited (£505k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Mancroft with St John Maddermarket, Norwich (£504k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 18% and investments 5.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £138k. Reserves of £111k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.