Wolverhampton Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Wolverhampton Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Wolverhampton Methodist Circuit reported income of £543k and spending of £769k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £476k to £543k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wolverhampton Methodist Circuit sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Ottery St Mary (£542k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Ministry Area of West Cardiff (£544k) and St Gregory's Child Care Trust (£542k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and investments 11%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £16k. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.