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Northampton Methodist Circuit

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1135635NorthamptonReligion
Income£385k2025-08-31
Spending£470ksame year
Spent / received128%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Northampton Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. 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, Northampton Methodist Circuit reported income of £385k and spending of £470k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £248k to £385k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Northampton 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 Saviour, Oxton (£385k), Godalming Baptist Church (£385k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Walton-On-Thames (£385k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£118k£235k£353k£470k2021 Income: £247,8862021 Spending: £405,16720212022 Income: £252,8322022 Spending: £251,55220222023 Income: £236,5482023 Spending: £265,07920232024 Income: £245,8642024 Spending: £352,38320242025 Income: £384,9742025 Spending: £470,4262025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Northampton Methodist Circuit currently consists of 13 Christian Communities, committed to Worship, Fellowship, Social Action And Evangelism, Mutual Support and Connexional belonging.(There are 10 Methodist and 3 Ecumenical Congregations involving Methodists) We aim, guided by God, to promote active growth and explore New Ways of being church.

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