Sheffield Methodist District

Analysis

Sheffield Methodist District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in April 2009, 17 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, Sheffield Methodist District reported income of £781k and spending of £694k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £460k to £781k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sheffield Methodist District sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trinity Church Nottingham (£780k), Methodist Church in Tower Hamlets (£781k) and B.h. Christian Workers' Trust (£779k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, investments 6.4% and trading 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £238k. Reserves of £793k would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.