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Blackheath and Crystal Palace Circuit

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1137991LondonReligion
Income£250k2025-08-31
Spending£284ksame year
Spent / received110%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Blackheath and Crystal Palace Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Blackheath and Crystal Palace Circuit reported income of £250k and spending of £284k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £232k to £250k (+7.9%), an average of +1.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Blackheath and Crystal Palace Circuit sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dartmouth (£250k), Siddiqiyya Educational Trust (£250k) and Triratna Buddhafield (£250k).

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£71k£142k£213k£284k2021 Income: £231,7982021 Spending: £246,04120212022 Income: £232,5632022 Spending: £262,06020222023 Income: £242,3912023 Spending: £269,13920232024 Income: £255,7912024 Spending: £270,97020242025 Income: £250,0002025 Spending: £284,4312025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

A grouping of 9 local Churches forming a circuit within the London District of the Methodist Church in Great Britain. The grouping exists for mutual support in fulfilling the mission of the Church in this part of London. There are four ministers in the Circuit, supported by a team of local preachers, circuit stewards and a leadership team from the member churches.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of DartmouthDartmouth£250k
Siddiqiyya Educational TrustLancashire£250k
Triratna BuddhafieldBristol£250k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary and All Saints, TrenthamStaffordshire£250k