The Methodist Church Hidden River Circuit

Analysis

The Methodist Church Hidden River Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. 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 human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2024, The Methodist Church Hidden River Circuit reported income of £148k and spending of £187k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income fell from £386k to £148k (-62%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Methodist Church Hidden River Circuit sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cheadle All Hallows (£148k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with All Saints, South Kensington (£148k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Bramcote (£148k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.