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Dorset Gardens Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1160211BrightonReligion
Income£172k2025-08-31
Spending£150ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause76th pctReligion
Registered2015Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Dorset Gardens Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Dorset Gardens Methodist Church reported income of £172k and spending of £150k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £175k to £172k (-1.6%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Dorset Gardens Methodist Church sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maidenbower Baptist Church (£172k), Gospel Patrons UK (£172k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, St Leonards on Sea (£172k).

Income and spending

£0£50k£99k£149k£199k2021 Income: £175,1822021 Spending: £141,72220212022 Income: £192,7232022 Spending: £163,40320222023 Income: £133,9012023 Spending: £173,27020232024 Income: £141,3092024 Spending: £198,92720242025 Income: £172,3502025 Spending: £149,6712025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

1. Providing worship (Methodist)2. Serving the community (see Annual Report)3. Providing pastoral support to members of the Church and the community.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Maidenbower Baptist ChurchCrawley£172k
Gospel Patrons UKLondon£172k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, St Leonards on SeaEast Sussex£172k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Hugh, LewseyLuton£172k