Penketh Methodist Church
Analysis
Penketh Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Widnes. It was registered in November 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, Penketh Methodist Church reported income of £93k and spending of £107k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £57k to £93k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 38%. 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, Penketh Methodist Church sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Swithun, Sandy (£93k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Stretton (£94k) and Folkestone Baptist Church (£93k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Regular public acts of worship to which all are welcome, whether or not Church members Smaller meetings (House Groups) enabling members and others to develop in their Christian faithProvision of support for specific groups within the church and local communityReaching out to the local community through (among others) the employment of a Children/Young Peoples worker and a Family worker