THE POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN CENTRE OF SOUTH LONDON

Registered charity 1055728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH LONDON POTTERS HOUSE

To promote the Christian faith through worship and to communicate to all ethnicities the Gospel's truth of hope and change through weekly church services.

Objects

(10 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS SET OUT IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE AND IN PARTICULAR IN LONDON AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS REGARDLESS OF NATIONALITY, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION IN LONDON AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

Area of benefit: LONDON AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£727k
Latest spending
£718k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £9,036 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds totaling £647,256 at year-end. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity operates with no actively maintained reserves policy, relying on the belief that God provides for its work.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £647k; policy: no reserves are actively maintained by the charity)
“The Trustees have determined that, in line with their belief that God provides for the work to which he calls His people, no reserves are actively maintained by the charity.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£727k
Total spending
£718k
Reserves (reported)
£500k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£727k£718k
31/12/2023£690k£640k
31/12/2022£645k£532k
31/12/2021£582k£396k
31/12/2020£502k£369k

Common questions

Is THE POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN CENTRE OF SOUTH LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £9,036 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds totaling £647,256 at year-end. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity operates with no actively maintained reserves policy, relying on the belief that God provides for its work. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP UK WANDSWORTH CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN CENTRE OF SOUTH LONDON£727k—0below—no doubt
POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP UK WANDSWORTH CHURCH FY2024£435k£70,000 - £79,9991above—no doubt
THE POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP WALTHAMSTOW FY2024£233k—0unclear—no doubt
POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP UK SURREY CHURCH FY2025£757k—0above—no doubt
THE POTTER'S HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP UK HULL CHURCH FY2024£266k—0unclear—no doubt
THE POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN CENTRE SOUTHEND ON SEA FY2025£154k—0within—no doubt

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