The Methodist Church, Caversham

Analysis

The Methodist Church, Caversham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Methodist Church, Caversham reported income of £149k and spending of £126k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £85k to £149k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Methodist Church, Caversham sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Whittle Le Woods (£149k), Paignton Baptist Church (£149k) and Keswick Enterprises Holdings Charitable Trust (£149k).