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Swaffham Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1163777NorfolkReligion
Income£72k2025-08-31
Spending£82ksame year
Spent / received108%5-year average
Size in its cause55th pctReligion
Registered2015Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Swaffham Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Swaffham Methodist Church reported income of £72k and spending of £82k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £28k to £72k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Swaffham Methodist Church sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter & St Paul's Church, Fareham (£72k), Amazing Grace Church London (£72k) and Hope Church Sittingbourne (£72k).

Income and spending

£0£20k£41k£61k£82k2021 Income: £28,1712021 Spending: £39,03120212022 Income: £36,4392022 Spending: £35,49520222023 Income: £53,4802023 Spending: £56,46320232024 Income: £45,4772024 Spending: £42,78620242025 Income: £72,2352025 Spending: £81,5252025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Religious activities

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter & St Paul's Church, FarehamHampshire£72k
Amazing Grace Church LondonLondon£72k
Hope Church SittingbourneSittingbourne£72k
The William Leech Research FundNewcastle upon Tyne£72k