The Methodist Church - Chester and Stoke-On-Trent District

Analysis

The Methodist Church - Chester and Stoke-On-Trent District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nantwich. It was registered in October 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2024, The Methodist Church - Chester and Stoke-On-Trent District reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income fell from £1.6m to £1.2m (-22%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Methodist Church - Chester and Stoke-On-Trent District sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Winchester Cathedral (£1.2m), Counties (£1.2m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church with All Saints Spitalfields (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, donations and legacies 26%, trading 8.0% and investments 4.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £168k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £179k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.