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Sutton Methodist Circuit

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1135076EpsomReligion
Income£389k2025-08-31
Spending£365ksame year
Spent / received80%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Sutton Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Epsom. 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 and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sutton Methodist Circuit reported income of £389k and spending of £365k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £389k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 313%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sutton Methodist Circuit sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary of Bethany, Woking (£389k), Elvetham Heath Lep (£390k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lavenham (£388k).

Income and spending

£0£310k£619k£929k£1.2m2021 Income: £1,238,7972021 Spending: £590,46720212022 Income: £296,1302022 Spending: £449,78720222023 Income: £1,223,8642023 Spending: £906,71820232024 Income: £362,0172024 Spending: £495,03520242025 Income: £389,3612025 Spending: £365,2122025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Advance Christian faith by supporting individual churches in Circuit. Provide facilities for public acts of worship open to members and non-members alike. Enable pastoral care throughout the circuit for the benefit of members and non-members alike with respect to the teaching of Christianity and visiting the needy by appointing ministers, organising preaching, appointing and guiding lay leaders.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary of Bethany, WokingSurrey£389k
Elvetham Heath LepFleet£390k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of LavenhamSudbury£388k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saint's, IlkleyWest Yorkshire£390k