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SOUTHAMPTON METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1142521 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Southampton Methodist Circuit shares the purposes of the Methodist Church, set out in the Methodist Church Act, being the advancement of:1. the Christian faith2. any charitable or other purposes for the time being of any body of the Methodist Church or any institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church or any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church

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Latest income
£246k
Latest spending
£329k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,376,483, which exceeds the stated policy target of four to eight months' normal expenditure. The trustees note that the excess reserves will be used to offset losses due to pandemic-related income reductions, and no fund is materially in deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four to eight months' normal expenditure (held: £1.4m)
“We aim to hold at least four months' and no more than eight months' normal expenditure, in the General Fund (including the Central Finance Board general account).” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knight Goodhead Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income
£982k
Total spending
£856k
Cost of raising funds
£799k
Reserves (reported)
£3.3m
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~45.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (78% 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: 81.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£246k£329k
31/08/2024£982k£856k
31/08/2023£261k£258k
31/08/2022£436k£388k
31/08/2021£1.2m£732k

Common questions

Is SOUTHAMPTON METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,376,483, which exceeds the stated policy target of four to eight months' normal expenditure. The trustees note that the excess reserves will be used to offset losses due to pandemic-related income reductions, and no fund is materially in deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knight Goodhead Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST1£27k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTHAMPTON METHODIST CIRCUIT£246k—0above—no doubt
TYNEDALE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£417k—0unclear—no doubt
UPPER THAMES METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£152k—0above—no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£394k——unclear—no doubt
OLDHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£311k—0above—no doubt
BUCKLEY AND DEESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£289k—0unclear—noted

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