Newport and Lower Wye Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Newport and Lower Wye Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gwent. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Newport and Lower Wye Methodist Circuit reported income of £451k and spending of £483k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £327k to £451k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Newport and Lower Wye Methodist Circuit sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Chad, Far Headingley, Leeds (£450k), The Rectorial Benefice of Tenby Parochial Church Council (£451k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew with St Etheldreda, Histon (£450k).