Sankey Valley Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Sankey Valley Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lymm. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sankey Valley Methodist Circuit reported income of £1.1m and spending of £869k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £409k to £1.1m (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sankey Valley Methodist Circuit sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Limmud (£1.1m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicholas, Nottingham (£1.1m) and Midlands Buddhist Association (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 55%, charitable activities 38% and investments 5.6%. Charitable activities took 52% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £7.2m would cover about 62 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.