Tadcaster Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Tadcaster Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wetherby. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Tadcaster Methodist Circuit reported income of £585k and spending of £203k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £169k to £585k (+246%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Tadcaster Methodist Circuit sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Emmanuel Northwood (£585k), The Christadelphian Magazine and Publishing Association (£586k) and Portsmouth and Winchester Diocesan Board of Education (£584k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 27% and investments 2.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 79 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.