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AIRE AND CALDER METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WAKEFIELD METHODIST CIRCUIT, WAKEFILED METHODIST CIRCUIT

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£980k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £558,447 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's expenditure. Total reserves stood at £4,387,158, with free reserves of £989,644, which the Trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of three months' general expenditure. The financial position is described as satisfactory with adequate resources available for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months general expenditure (held: £990k)
“It aims ideally to hold in reserve sufficient money in its unrestricted Funds to cover three months general expenditure i.e. about. £244,968.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Local preacher fees
“The 17 Local Preachers who are also members of the Circuit Meeting were paid preaching fees amounting to £2,545 in total” — page 26
“The 4 Supernumeraries who are also members of the Circuit Meeting were paid fees and travelling expenses amounting to £1,150” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Supernumerary fees
“The 17 Local Preachers who are also members of the Circuit Meeting were paid preaching fees amounting to £2,545 in total” — page 26
“The 4 Supernumeraries who are also members of the Circuit Meeting were paid fees and travelling expenses amounting to £1,150” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses
“The 17 Local Preachers who are also members of the Circuit Meeting were paid preaching fees amounting to £2,545 in total” — page 26
“The 4 Supernumeraries who are also members of the Circuit Meeting were paid fees and travelling expenses amounting to £1,150” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£980k
Reserves (reported)
£990k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~12.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of Wakefield · Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.5m£980k
31/08/2024£930k£1.0m
31/08/2023£937k£943k
31/08/2022£892k£915k
31/08/2021£865k£923k

Common questions

Is AIRE AND CALDER METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £558,447 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's expenditure. Total reserves stood at £4,387,158, with free reserves of £989,644, which the Trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of three months' general expenditure. The financial position is described as satisfactory with adequate resources available for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST1£50k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£30k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AIRE AND CALDER METHODIST CIRCUIT£1.5m—0above—no doubt
Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit FY2025£200k—0unclear—no doubt
TELFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£318k—0unclear—no doubt
West Midlands Methodist District FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
CARDIFF METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£419k—0unclear—no doubt
CRAWLEY METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£144k£22,3490above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.