United Stockport Circuit

Analysis

United Stockport Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. 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 services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, United Stockport Circuit reported income of £540k and spending of £760k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £739k to £540k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 254%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, United Stockport Circuit sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darul Hadis Latifiah Foundation (£539k), St Michael's Abbey Charitable Trust (£540k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Laurence in the Isle of Thanet, Ramsgate (£538k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £650k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.