Norwich Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Norwich Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Norwich Methodist Circuit reported income of £612k and spending of £704k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £428k to £612k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 228%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Norwich 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 Al-Falah Islamic Education Centre (£612k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Swiss Cottage, Hampstead (£614k) and The Baptist Union of Wales (£611k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 68%, investments 21% and charitable activities 10%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.