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BLACK COUNTRY CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1168391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity operates in the Black Country area of the West Midlands and is part of the wider Methodist Church in the United Kingdom

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Latest income
£235k
Latest spending
£361k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves excluding land and buildings stood at £770,157, which the trustees describe as a 'relatively healthy position' supported by proceeds from property sales. However, the charity notes that it continues to draw down from reserves to support ongoing expenditure and that individual churches within the circuit are struggling financially.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around six months average unrestricted expenditure (held: £770k)
“It is the Trustees' policy to maintain a balance of unrestricted and undesignated funds equivalent to around six months average unrestricted expenditure” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Total income
£872k
Total spending
£499k
Reserves (reported)
£651k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~15.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (77% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£235k£361k
31/08/2024£250k£372k
31/08/2023£243k£280k
31/08/2022£872k£499k
31/08/2021£256k£259k

Common questions

Is BLACK COUNTRY CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves excluding land and buildings stood at £770,157, which the trustees describe as a 'relatively healthy position' supported by proceeds from property sales. However, the charity notes that it continues to draw down from reserves to support ongoing expenditure and that individual churches within the circuit are struggling financially. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS1£216k
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£154k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£19k
THE ROUGHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
BELVEDERE TRUST1£5k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION1£4k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST1£4k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLACK COUNTRY TOURING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BLACK COUNTRY CIRCUIT£235k—0above—no doubt
BLACK COUNTRY TOURING FY2025£680k—0unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY BLACK COUNTRY FY2025£541k—0above—no doubt
COVENTRY AND NUNEATON METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt
Black Country Healthcare Charity Fund FY2025£230k—0unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£4.3m—0above—no doubt

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