Dorking and Horsham Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Dorking and Horsham Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horsham. 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, Dorking and Horsham Methodist Circuit reported income of £749k and spending of £580k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £320k to £749k (+134%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Dorking and Horsham 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 Baer Hatora Ltd (£749k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Longfleet (St Mary's), Poole (£751k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Shirley, Southampton (£748k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 28%, investments 2.7% and donations and legacies 2.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,776. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 36%. Reserves of £330k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.