Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission

Analysis

Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission reported income of £681k and spending of £1.1m, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £507k to £681k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael, Chester Square (£681k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Edmund the King, St Mary Woolnoth and St Clement Eastcheap (£682k) and Altrincham and Hale Muslim Association (£680k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 44%, donations and legacies 44%, charitable activities 9.7% and trading 2.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £98k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.9%. It employed 11 people.