Hastings Bexhill & Rye Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Hastings Bexhill & Rye Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bexhill-on-Sea. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Hastings Bexhill & Rye Methodist Circuit reported income of £695k and spending of £505k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £566k to £695k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 193%. 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, Hastings Bexhill & Rye Methodist Circuit sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hazrat Khadija-Tul-Kubra Girls School (£694k), Parochial Church Council of St Nicholas, Harpenden (£696k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bath, Weston, All Saints (£694k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 22% and investments 5.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £29k. Reserves of £408k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.