Leigh & Hindley Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Leigh & Hindley Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leigh. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Leigh & Hindley Methodist Circuit reported income of £503k and spending of £302k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £183k to £503k (+175%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 178%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Leigh & Hindley Methodist Circuit sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church (£502k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Mancroft with St John Maddermarket, Norwich (£504k) and The Bramhall and Wythenshawe Circuit (£502k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 4.7%. Charitable activities took 0.0% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.