The Methodist Church Isle of Wight Circuit

Analysis

The Methodist Church Isle of Wight Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newport. It was registered in August 2012, 14 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, The Methodist Church Isle of Wight Circuit reported income of £282k and spending of £418k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £810k to £282k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Methodist Church Isle of Wight Circuit sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dunstable (£282k), Full Gospel Tabernacle Trust (£282k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Merrow (£282k).

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.