Mount Zion Independent Methodist Church (Trust Property Held in Connection Therewith)

Analysis

Mount Zion Independent Methodist Church (Trust Property Held in Connection Therewith) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in October 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Mount Zion Independent Methodist Church (Trust Property Held in Connection Therewith) reported income of £18k and spending of £15k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £8,878 to £18k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Mount Zion Independent Methodist Church (Trust Property Held in Connection Therewith) sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oldbury Gospel Hall (£18k), Awake Grace Ministries International (£18k) and The Bengali Cultural Association (£18k).