Vale of Stour Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Vale of Stour Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Vale of Stour Methodist Circuit reported income of £276k and spending of £406k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £589k to £276k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Vale of Stour Methodist Circuit sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Embiricos Family Charitable Trust (£276k), People First Dorset (£276k) and South West Police Compassionate Fund (£275k).