Yorkshire North and East District of the Methodist Church

Analysis

Yorkshire North and East District of the Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in June 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Yorkshire North and East District of the Methodist Church reported income of £3.1m and spending of £2.3m, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £679k to £3.1m (+362%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Yorkshire North and East District of the Methodist Church sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol Cathedral Trust (£3.1m), Essex County Scout Council (£3.1m) and The Stubbs Blinkhorn Charitable Trust (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from . Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £110k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.