The Free Methodist Church, Bartle

Analysis

The Free Methodist Church, Bartle is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in November 1986, 40 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Free Methodist Church, Bartle reported income of £82k and spending of £121k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £65k to £82k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 168% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Free Methodist Church, Bartle sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Mangochi Orphans Education (£81k), International Anjuman-E-Khuddam-Ul-Sofia and Amir-E-Millat Trust Foundation (£83k) and Pilgrim Christian Centre (£81k).

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.