Brookside Methodist Church

Analysis

Brookside Methodist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in July 2011, 15 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, Brookside Methodist Church reported income of £130k and spending of £162k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £151k to £130k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Brookside Methodist Church sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew, Totteridge (£130k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Christopher's Hinchley Wood (£130k) and The Parochial Church Council of Seer Green and Jordans (£130k).

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.