Buxton Methodist Church

Analysis

Buxton Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buxton. 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, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Buxton Methodist Church reported income of £147k and spending of £169k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £101k to £147k (+45%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Buxton Methodist Church sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% 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 Worksop Priory St Mary & St Cuthbert (£147k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chase Terrace and Boney Hay, St John (£147k) and Mount Olive Evangelical Ministry (£147k).

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.