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Wokingham Methodist Church

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1127336WokinghamReligion
Income£306k2025-08-31
Spending£382ksame year
Spent / received127%5-year average
Size in its cause87th pctReligion
Registered2008Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Wokingham Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wokingham. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Wokingham Methodist Church reported income of £306k and spending of £382k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £166k to £306k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wokingham Methodist Church sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary on the Hill, Chester (£305k), Morning Star Trust (£306k) and Chelsea Methodist Church and Pastoral Centre (£305k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£98k£196k£294k£392k2021 Income: £165,7662021 Spending: £235,68620212022 Income: £259,4392022 Spending: £343,84020222023 Income: £294,9092023 Spending: £361,09220232024 Income: £321,7162024 Spending: £391,58520242025 Income: £305,7032025 Spending: £382,2372025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

As stated in original charity application - no change.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary on the Hill, ChesterChester£305k
Morning Star TrustMiddlesex£306k
Chelsea Methodist Church and Pastoral CentreLondon£305k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Thames DittonThames Ditton£306k