Colchester Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Colchester Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Colchester Methodist Circuit reported income of £235k and spending of £233k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £177k to £235k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Colchester Methodist Circuit sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crawley Community Youth Service Limited (£235k), Essential Needs (£235k) and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (£235k).