Methodist Women in Britain

Analysis

Methodist Women in Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Methodist Women in Britain reported income of £69k and spending of £113k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £51k to £69k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Methodist Women in Britain sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Joseph's African Aid (£69k), The Autumn Stone Foundation (£69k) and Chilli Children of Rukungiri (Uganda) (£69k).

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.