St Lukes Methodist Church Hoylake

Analysis

St Lukes Methodist Church Hoylake is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in September 2011, 15 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Lukes Methodist Church Hoylake reported income of £114k and spending of £145k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £84k to £114k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Lukes Methodist Church Hoylake sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sylvanus Charitable Trust (£114k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin Nunthorpe (£114k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, Wick, Diocese of Chichester. (£114k).

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.