Lowestoft and East Suffolk Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Lowestoft and East Suffolk Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in April 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, Lowestoft and East Suffolk Methodist Circuit reported income of £159k and spending of £214k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £268k to £159k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 321%. 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, Lowestoft and East Suffolk Methodist Circuit sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Triratna Buddhist Community ( Brixton ) (£159k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Gomersal (£159k) and Shalom Media UK Limited (£159k).