Alderley Edge and Knutsford Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Alderley Edge and Knutsford Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knutsford. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Alderley Edge and Knutsford Methodist Circuit reported income of £320k and spending of £312k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £320k to £320k (+0.2%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Alderley Edge and Knutsford Methodist Circuit sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carshalton Beeches Baptist Free Church (£320k), Airedale Methodist Circuit (£320k) and Lighthouse Church (Telford) (£320k).