Darlington Methodist District

Analysis

Darlington Methodist District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in January 2010, 16 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Darlington Methodist District reported income of £983k and spending of £999k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £189k to £983k (+419%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 331%. 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, Darlington Methodist District sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The PCC of Harbour Church Portsmouth (£980k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's Knightsbridge (£984k) and Bedfordshire Essex and Hertfordshire District of the Methodist Church (£980k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 24% and investments 5.0%. Charitable activities took 0.0% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £245k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.