North West Durham Methodist Circuit

Analysis

North West Durham Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in February 2011, 15 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, North West Durham Methodist Circuit reported income of £253k and spending of £372k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £196k to £253k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, North West Durham Methodist 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 Trowbridge St James (£253k), The Educational Frontier Trust (£253k) and Norwich Cathedral Choir Endowment Fund (£253k).

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.