Shropshire & Marches Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Shropshire & Marches Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in November 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, Shropshire & Marches Methodist Circuit reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.0m, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £673k to £1.5m (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shropshire & Marches Methodist Circuit sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Toras Emes (£1.5m), Gladstone's Library (£1.5m) and The General Conference of the New Church (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 29% and investments 5.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £337k. Reserves of £4.7m would cover about 53 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.