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LOUGHTON METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1126831 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LMC

Methodist Church

Objects

The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of union the advancement of -(a) the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the dicipline of the Methodist Church;(b) any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church;(c) any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsiduary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;(d) any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.

Area of benefit: LOUGHTON

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

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Epping Forest, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£278k
Latest spending
£313k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves excluding the property fund stood at £270,878, which is below the stated policy target of holding at least six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total income of £278,001 and total expenditure of £312,662. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern based on available monetary assets and human resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Offerings and Tax recoverable (33% of income)
“Offerings and Tax recoverable 90,787” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £271k; policy: at least six months expenditure in hand)
“At 31 August 2025, unrestricted reserves, excluding the property fund, stood at £270,878 (2024: £293,533).” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Trustee P Davies received £870 for gardening services; R Howarth (connected to Trustee Martin Howarth) received £7,244 for café services.
“During the year P Davies, a Trustee, was paid £870 (2024: £820) for gardening services to the Church. During the year £7,244 (2024: £5,410) was paid to R Howarth for services provided in the running of Wesley's café. R Howarth is the daughter of Trustee Martin Howarth.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee P Davies paid £870 for gardening services.
“During the year P Davies, a Trustee, was paid £870 (2024: £820) for gardening services to the Church.” — page 18
“During the year £7,244 (2024: £5,410) was paid to R Howarth for services provided in the running of Wesley's café. R Howarth is the daughter of Trustee Martin Howarth.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment of £7,244 to R Howarth (daughter of Trustee Martin Howarth) for café services.
“During the year P Davies, a Trustee, was paid £870 (2024: £820) for gardening services to the Church.” — page 18
“During the year £7,244 (2024: £5,410) was paid to R Howarth for services provided in the running of Wesley's café. R Howarth is the daughter of Trustee Martin Howarth.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Clay Ratnage Strevens & Hills. 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Loughton Methodist Church (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£278k£313k
31/08/2024£437k£300k
31/08/2023£265k£291k
31/08/2022£245k£260k
31/08/2021£250k£289k

Common questions

Is LOUGHTON METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves excluding the property fund stood at £270,878, which is below the stated policy target of holding at least six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total income of £278,001 and total expenditure of £312,662. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern based on available monetary assets and human resources. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Clay Ratnage Strevens & Hills.

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
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE METHODIST CHURCH, POULTON LE FYLDE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOUGHTON METHODIST CHURCH£278k—0below—no doubt
THE METHODIST CHURCH, POULTON LE FYLDE FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
BEDHAMPTON METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
UPTON METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£247k—0unclear—no doubt
LIDGETT PARK METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£117k—0below—no doubt
SOUTH BRISTOL METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£264k—0below—no doubt

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