Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. 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, Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit reported income of £1.5m and spending of £980k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £865k to £1.5m (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Anglia District of the Methodist Church (£1.5m), Mr Willats' Charity (£1.5m) and Church Growth Trust Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 42%, investments 2.4% and trading 1.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £84k. Reserves of £990k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.