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WIRRAL METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£784k
Latest spending
£821k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £37,449 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future, holding unrestricted reserves of £2,630,638 against a policy target of six months' working capital.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: unclear
“Salaries and Stipends (£500,441) make up 60.9% of the total expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Circuit Assessments (71% of income)
“Income from the circuit assessment paid by the circuit churches (£557,668) represents the majority of the General Fund Income (71%).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months' working capital (held: £2.6m)
“The circuit's Reserve Policy is to hold a minimum of six months ’ working capital to cover the risk that any number of churches may be unable to meet their commitment to fund the Circuit Assessment in any particular financial year.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Total income
£779k
Total spending
£821k
Reserves (reported)
£400k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£784k£821k
31/08/2024£796k£887k
31/08/2023£798k£852k
31/08/2022£750k£791k
31/08/2021£743k£739k

Common questions

Is WIRRAL METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £37,449 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future, holding unrestricted reserves of £2,630,638 against a policy target of six months' working capital. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of WIRRAL METHODIST CIRCUIT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the unclear band.

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
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TELFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WIRRAL METHODIST CIRCUIT£784kunclear0unclear—no doubt
TELFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£318k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LANTERN METHODIST CHURCH OF WIMBLEDON AND RAYNES PARK FY2025£300k—0within—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
WORD OF LIFE MINISTRIES UK LIMITED FY2025£163k—0unclear—no doubt
West Midlands Methodist District FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt

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