South East Cornwall Methodist Circuit

Analysis

South East Cornwall Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saltash. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2024, South East Cornwall Methodist Circuit reported income of £106k and spending of £117k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income grew from £104k to £106k (+1.9%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South East Cornwall Methodist Circuit sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include WK Foundation (£106k), The Fraser Peckham Trust (£106k) and The King's Gate Church (Bognor Regis) Ltd (£106k).

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.