Dane and Trent Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Dane and Trent Methodist Circuit 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 August 2025, Dane and Trent Methodist Circuit reported income of £319k and spending of £350k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £429k to £319k (-26%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 56%. 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, Dane and Trent Methodist Circuit sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Life Church (Portsmouth) (£319k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist and St Luke the Evangelist, Clay Hill, Enfield (£320k) and The Binsey Team Ministry Parochial Church Council (£319k).

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.