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South Trafford Methodist Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1129558CheshireReligion
Income£233k2025-08-31
Spending£199ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

South Trafford Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in May 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, South Trafford Methodist Church reported income of £233k and spending of £199k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £106k to £233k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, South Trafford Methodist Church sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Caterham (£233k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael's, Wandsworth Common (£233k) and Arrahma Islamic Centre (£233k).

Income and spending

£0£58k£116k£174k£233k2021 Income: £105,9242021 Spending: £120,34820212022 Income: £101,6412022 Spending: £130,15820222023 Income: £114,8232023 Spending: £119,81720232024 Income: £137,6122024 Spending: £128,30020242025 Income: £232,6152025 Spending: £199,1402025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

a) the provision of regular public acts of worship open to members and non-members alike b)the provision of sacred space for prayer and contemplationc) the teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groupsd) pastoral work including visitong the sick and bereavede) the provision of a youth club, senior citizen's club, women's and men's meetings etc with a Christian ethos

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CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of CaterhamSurrey£233k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael's, Wandsworth CommonLondon£233k
Arrahma Islamic CentreBirmingham£233k
The Bridge Lane Beth HamedrashLondon£233k