Wharfedale & Aireborough Methodist Church Circuit

Analysis

Wharfedale & Aireborough Methodist Church Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in October 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, Wharfedale & Aireborough Methodist Church Circuit reported income of £779k and spending of £525k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £405k to £779k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wharfedale & Aireborough Methodist Church Circuit 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 Langham Arts Trust (£778k), Daubhill Muslim Society (£779k) and Newport Pagnell Baptist Church (£777k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, investments 4.2%, trading 2.7% and donations and legacies 2.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £25k. Reserves of £153k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.