Black Country Circuit

Analysis

Black Country Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. 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, Black Country Circuit reported income of £235k and spending of £361k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £256k to £235k (-8.0%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 241%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Black Country Circuit sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King's Cross Methodist Church (£235k), The Trusts Declared by the St Paul's (Portman Square) Act 1964 (£236k) and The Sion Community for Evangelism (£235k).

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.