St Albans and Welwyn Methodist Circuit

Analysis

St Albans and Welwyn Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. 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 organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Albans and Welwyn Methodist Circuit reported income of £331k and spending of £395k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £299k to £331k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Albans and Welwyn Methodist Circuit sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Aldershot Saint Michael (£331k), New Life Bible Church (£331k) and Romford Methodist Circuit (£331k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.