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South Warwickshire Methodist Circuit

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1154830KenilworthReligion
Income£415k2025-08-31
Spending£537ksame year
Spent / received131%5-year average
Size in its cause91st pctReligion
Registered2013Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

South Warwickshire Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kenilworth. It was registered in December 2013, 13 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, South Warwickshire Methodist Circuit reported income of £415k and spending of £537k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £338k to £415k (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, South Warwickshire Methodist Circuit sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Local Christian Assembly (Vauxhall) (£415k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist Burscough Bridge (£415k) and The Parochial Church Council of Hope Church Hounslow (£414k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£134k£269k£403k£537k2021 Income: £338,2342021 Spending: £449,88520212022 Income: £312,9592022 Spending: £420,28720222023 Income: £335,1042023 Spending: £417,73020232024 Income: £353,9312024 Spending: £473,06320242025 Income: £414,9542025 Spending: £537,3732025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of Union the advancement of:(a) the Christian Faith in accordance with the Doctrinal Standards and the Discipline of the Methodist Church;(b) any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, District, Circuit, Local or other organisation of the Methodist Church.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Local Christian Assembly (Vauxhall)Kent£415k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist Burscough BridgeOrmskirk£415k
The Parochial Church Council of Hope Church HounslowHounslow£414k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Meole Brace, ShrewsburyShrewsbury£415k