Christchurch and Wimborne Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Christchurch and Wimborne Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Christchurch and Wimborne Methodist Circuit reported income of £370k and spending of £513k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £337k to £370k (+9.7%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Christchurch and Wimborne Methodist Circuit sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al Kalaam (£370k), South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit (£370k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bridport (£370k).

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.