Macclesfield United Reformed Church Charity

Analysis

Macclesfield United Reformed Church Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Macclesfield United Reformed Church Charity reported income of £69k and spending of £86k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £78k to £69k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Macclesfield United Reformed Church Charity sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Royal Naval College Chapel Fund (£69k), Eden's Project (£69k) and Gurdwara Khalgidar Sahib (£69k).

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.