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SHROPSHIRE & MARCHES METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1139091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Circuit exists to encourage and support the ministry/mission of all the churches in its care. The Circuit will seek to provide resources to enable the identification, training and support of leaders and preachers, while encouraging every member to be engaged in the mission priorities of the local congregation.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Circuit operated with a net deficit of £263,958, which was covered by transfers from reserves. While reserves are described as healthy due to property sales, the Trustees acknowledge that day-to-day income does not meet expenditure and that using capital to support ministry is not sustainable indefinitely.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Assessment or share
“Assessment or share 400,575” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dyke Yaxley Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£4.7m
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~53.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (66% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Herefordshire · Powys · Shropshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.5m£1.0m
31/08/2024£1.6m£1.1m
31/08/2023£867k£824k
31/08/2022£846k£759k
31/08/2021£673k£763k

Common questions

Is SHROPSHIRE & MARCHES METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Circuit operated with a net deficit of £263,958, which was covered by transfers from reserves. While reserves are described as healthy due to property sales, the Trustees acknowledge that day-to-day income does not meet expenditure and that using capital to support ministry is not sustainable indefinitely. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dyke Yaxley Limited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAMFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHROPSHIRE & MARCHES METHODIST CIRCUIT£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
STAMFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£236k——unclear—noted
South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit FY2025£370kunclear0above—no doubt
AIREDALE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£320k—0above—no doubt
NORTH EAST SOMERSET & BATH METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£704k—0unclear—no doubt
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£574k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.