Methodist Church in Tower Hamlets

Analysis

Methodist Church in Tower Hamlets is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. 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 services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Methodist Church in Tower Hamlets reported income of £781k and spending of £873k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £281k to £781k (+178%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Methodist Church in Tower Hamlets 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheffield Methodist District (£781k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's Littleover and Blagreaves (£781k) and Trinity Church Nottingham (£780k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 58%, investments 28% and charitable activities 14%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,000. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £25k. Reserves of £6.3m would cover about 86 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

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.