St John's Methodist Church Whitley Bay

Analysis

St John's Methodist Church Whitley Bay is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitley Bay. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St John's Methodist Church Whitley Bay reported income of £114k and spending of £116k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £136k to £114k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St John's Methodist Church Whitley Bay 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 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life Church, Great Cornard (£114k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bury Roch Valley (£114k) and Leys Community Development Initiative (£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.