United Methodist Church (UK)

Analysis

United Methodist Church (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10351537). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, United Methodist Church (UK) reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.1m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £906k to £1.5m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, United Methodist Church (UK) sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Feed Foundation (£1.5m), Drive Forward Foundation (£1.5m) and Spark2Life (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 2.4%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.5%. Reserves of £321k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.