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Free Methodist Church, Morecambe and Heysham

RegisteredRegistered charity number 514358LancashireOverseas aid and international
Income£165k2025-12-31
Spending£135ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctOverseas aid and international
Registered1983Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Free Methodist Church, Morecambe and Heysham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in November 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Free Methodist Church, Morecambe and Heysham reported income of £165k and spending of £135k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £127k to £165k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Free Methodist Church, Morecambe and Heysham 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 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ksi Muslim Community of Milton Keynes (£165k), South Normanton Community Church (£166k) and Greenwich Madina Trust (£163k).

Income and spending

£0£49k£98k£147k£195k2021 Income: £127,3542021 Spending: £122,11520212022 Income: £153,0972022 Spending: £156,77520222023 Income: £182,3542023 Spending: £158,95620232024 Income: £195,4232024 Spending: £175,78520242025 Income: £165,2082025 Spending: £134,7422025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Religious activities such as Sunday services, meetings for children, youth, elderly and general ages. Support of missions and local charities.

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Ksi Muslim Community of Milton KeynesMilton Keynes£165k
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