Airedale Methodist Circuit

Analysis

Airedale Methodist Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Airedale Methodist Circuit reported income of £320k and spending of £478k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £275k to £320k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Airedale Methodist Circuit sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alderley Edge and Knutsford Methodist Circuit (£320k), Hackney Methodist Circuit (£321k) and Carshalton Beeches Baptist Free Church (£320k).

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.