West Pennine Moors Methodist Circuit

Analysis

West Pennine Moors Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, West Pennine Moors Methodist Circuit reported income of £342k and spending of £352k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £278k to £342k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, West Pennine Moors Methodist Circuit sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darlington Vineyard Church (£342k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary and All Saints Church Kidderminster (£342k) and Chatsworth Baptist Church (£342k).

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.