West Hertfordshire & Borders Methodist Circuit
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Key takeaways
- Your work fits if you are a Methodist church or local ecumenical partnership in the circuit area, or if your project is a mission project or a premises upgrade for health and safety, inclusivity or eco-friendly aims; its stated priority areas are Dacorum, Three Rivers, Watford, Harpenden, parts of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
- Keep requests modest, since smaller grants go up to £3,000, and show the church's own fundraising alongside the request, because funding is usually matched with what the church has raised.
- Talk to the Circuit Leadership Team early, as requests are discussed there first, and expect the full Circuit Meeting to make the final decision on larger ones; applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
- A group that is not a church or ecumenical partnership falls outside the direction the annual report says its grants take, and any loan it offers is not a grant.
Overview
West Hertfordshire & Borders Methodist Circuit is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1135094).
The West Hertfordshire & Borders Methodist Circuit is a registered charity whose mission is to encourage, enable and equip the churches, congregations and individuals of the Circuit to draw nearer to God, to proclaim the good news of Christ and to share the love of God. It keeps a sum of money for grants, principally for mission projects and for churches modifying their premises to meet health and safety legislation, to enable inclusivity and to encourage eco-friendly improvements. In the latest reported year it paid £166,732 in total, alongside £101,318 in grants to 9 churches.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 August 2025) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Circuit makes grant funding available principally for mission projects and to help churches modify their premises to meet health and safety legislation, enable inclusivity and encourage eco-friendly improvements to church buildings. Funding is usually matched with what the church has raised and can sometimes be split three ways with the District. Its local support is directed to Methodist Churches and local ecumenical partnerships in the circuit area. Reported grants to churches supported necessary repairs, insulation improvements and sound and AV upgrades. The Circuit may also provide short- or longer-term loans for other purposes; these are loans rather than grants.
Themes
- Mission projects
- Premises health and safety
- Inclusive church premises
- Eco-friendly improvements
Geographic Focus
Priority: Dacorum; Three Rivers; Watford; Harpenden; parts of Buckinghamshire; Bedfordshire.
How to apply
Requests are invited and discussed first by the Circuit Leadership Team. Final decisions are made by the full Circuit Meeting; the team can approve smaller grants up to £3,000.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Funding is usually matched with what the church has raised.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Buckinghamshire
- Dacorum
- Three Rivers
- Harpenden
- Watford
- Bedfordshire
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to West Hertfordshire & Borders Methodist Circuit.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Harpenden Methodist Church£71,327year to 31 August 2025
- Batford Methodist Church£5,900year to 31 August 2025
- Flamstead Methodist Church£4,933year to 31 August 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 with no named recipient; 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£19,158).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 August 2021 | £520,325 | £558,981 | £4,110 | Accounts for year to 31 August 2021 |
| year to 31 August 2022 | £518,159 | £572,416 | £450 | Accounts for year to 31 August 2022 |
| year to 31 August 2023 | £1,497,862 | £611,092 | £56,131 | Accounts for year to 31 August 2023 |
| year to 31 August 2024 | £599,053 | £763,871 | £86,464 | Accounts for year to 31 August 2024 |
| year to 31 August 2025 | £574,325 | £829,547 | £166,732 | Accounts for year to 31 August 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 August 2021; year to 31 August 2022; year to 31 August 2023; year to 31 August 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 August 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- whbmethodistchurch.org.uk
- whbmethodistchurch.org.uk/contact · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 August 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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