ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH BRIXTON PCC BUILDING MANAGEMENT CHARITY

Registered charity 1061039 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRIX, THE BRIX AT ST MATTHEWS

To preserve the historical, architectural and constructional heritage of the Church of St Matthew, Brixton, for public benefit.

Objects

[A] TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF GREATER LONDON AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE OF THE CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW, BRIXTON [B] TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE [C] TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE AEA OF BENEFIT [D] TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY

Area of benefit: LAMBETH

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £13,615 for the year ended 31 December 2024, but holds no free reserves, resulting in a net deficit on unrestricted funds of £25,448. The independent examiner identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to net current liabilities of £46,952, the vacancy of its main tenant, and significant required roof repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02880299 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BAILEY, Helen Ruth — director, appointed 20/03/2023on trustee list
• NICHOLSON, Toby Ian Royds Gordon — director, appointed 20/03/2023on trustee list
• CORLETT, Sarah Katharine, Dr — director, appointed 10/03/2019on trustee list
• LAYNE, Sandra Lynette — director, appointed 10/03/2019on trustee list
• DAVIES, John Atterbury — director, appointed 29/04/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr SARAH CORLETT
• Helen Ruth Bailey
• John Atterbury Davies
• Sandra Layne
• Toby Ian Royds Gordon Nicholson

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIXTON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.

• BRIXTON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA income £470k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH ST MATTHEW, CHELTENHAM income £555k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEWS, SURBITON income £176k
• ST MATTHEW'S AND ST OSWALD'S CHURCH AS A CHARITY income £442k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHEFFIELD ST MATTHEW income £293k
• BRIXTON FEOFFEE TRUST income £326k

Side by side with its peers

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