The Methodist Church - Barnsley Circuit

Analysis

The Methodist Church - Barnsley Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. 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, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Methodist Church - Barnsley Circuit reported income of £639k and spending of £445k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £922k to £639k (-31%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Methodist Church - Barnsley Circuit sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Monmouth Marches Ministry Area (£639k), Chosen People Ministries (UK) (£639k) and The Stuart Hine Trust CIO (£638k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58% and investments 5.5%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £627. Reserves of £468k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.