Bishop Auckland & Shildon Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Bishop Auckland & Shildon Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bishop Auckland & Shildon Methodist Circuit reported income of £169k and spending of £188k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £150k to £169k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 112%. 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, Bishop Auckland & Shildon Methodist Circuit sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% 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 The Paraochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St.james' West End in the Diocese of Winchester (£168k), Stanford Education & Cultural Association (£169k) and Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bowling St Stephen (£168k).