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Southampton Methodist Circuit

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1142521SouthamptonReligion
Income£246k2025-08-31
Spending£329ksame year
Spent / received83%5-year average
Size in its cause83rd pctReligion
Registered2011Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Southampton Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Southampton Methodist Circuit reported income of £246k and spending of £329k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £246k (-79%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 276%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Southampton Methodist Circuit sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% 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 Tile Kiln Church (£246k), Duke Street Church (Sutton Coldfield) (£246k) and The Woodlands Trust (£246k).

Income and spending

£0£295k£589k£884k£1.2m2021 Income: £1,178,1482021 Spending: £732,23320212022 Income: £436,1222022 Spending: £388,23820222023 Income: £261,3572023 Spending: £257,50720232024 Income: £981,9932024 Spending: £855,89720242025 Income: £246,0532025 Spending: £329,1062025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Southampton Methodist Circuit shares the purposes of the Methodist Church, set out in the Methodist Church Act, being the advancement of:1. the Christian faith2. any charitable or other purposes for the time being of any body of the Methodist Church or any institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church or any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Tile Kiln ChurchChelmsford£246k
Duke Street Church (Sutton Coldfield)Sutton Coldfield£246k
The Woodlands TrustGwent£246k
Thornhill Baptist Church, SouthamptonSouthampton£246k