Chester-Le-Street Methodist Church

Analysis

Chester-Le-Street Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester Le Street. It was registered in September 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, Chester-Le-Street Methodist Church reported income of £219k and spending of £236k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £322k to £219k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Chester-Le-Street Methodist Church sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Stoke by Nayland (£219k), The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK (£219k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Brighton (£219k).

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.