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Tilehurst Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1127823ReadingReligion
Income£172k2025-08-31
Spending£176ksame year
Spent / received76%5-year average
Size in its cause76th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Tilehurst Methodist Church 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, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Tilehurst Methodist Church reported income of £172k and spending of £176k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £162k to £172k (+6.3%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Tilehurst Methodist Church sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ the King, Diocese of Newcastle (£172k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Enfield Highway (£172k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Aidan, St James and St Mary the Virgin, Morpeth (£172k).

Income and spending

£0£104k£207k£311k£414k2021 Income: £161,8742021 Spending: £146,39720212022 Income: £143,5052022 Spending: £175,42020222023 Income: £216,6482023 Spending: £177,73020232024 Income: £414,2792024 Spending: £169,84020242025 Income: £172,1222025 Spending: £176,2292025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The provision and promotion of regular public acts of worship, events and services open to allProviding for all ages a sacred space for prayer, contemplation and meeting for the furtherance of God's work in and around TilehurstLocal and international Christian outreach, teaching and support, through pastoral work, attendance at school assemblies, courses and activities.

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