West Durham Methodist Circuit

Analysis

West Durham Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crook. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, West Durham Methodist Circuit reported income of £269k and spending of £298k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £217k to £269k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, West Durham Methodist Circuit sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evangelicals Now Limited (£269k), Redeemer Church Colchester (£269k) and Nanak Naam (£269k).

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.