Purley Circuit of the Methodist Church

Analysis

Purley Circuit of the Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Croydon. 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, Purley Circuit of the Methodist Church reported income of £466k and spending of £269k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £175k to £466k (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Purley Circuit of the Methodist Church 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 St Mary and St Michael Great Malvern (£466k), Torah Family Support Network Ltd (£467k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sandal Magna, Wakefield (£466k).