REIGATE METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1127082 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides a Service of Methodist Worship in Reigate every Sunday and at other Christian festivals.Runs annual membership courses.Runs Alpha Courses for those wishing to explore the Christian faith.Provides a summer Holiday Club week for local children.Provides meeting facilities for groups serving the needs of the local community.

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: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, SURREY.

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

£174k

Latest spending

£200k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £25,882 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,499,051 to £2,473,169. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £354,656, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain activities for the foreseeable future. The majority of the charity's assets are held as fixed assets, with unrestricted funds significantly exceeding the stated reserves policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Other trading activities (Lettings) (47% of income)

“Other trading activities (Lettings) 81,554”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: not less than 50% of annual expenditure (held: £355k)

“The church’s policy for unrestricted funds is to hold not less than 50% of annual expenditure in order to meet unexpected and unbudgeted demands” — page 5

Per its FY2025 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alex Dorlandt
Amanda Rayner
Beatrix Elizabeth Lawrence
Elizabeth Grant
Elizabeth Smith
GRAHAM LESLIE NORMAN
Glenys Mason
HILARY JANE AUSTIN BSC MSC
IAN PATTISON · trustee of 4 other charities
JAMES PULFER
Jemima Strydom
Kate Burman
Katie Jefferies
LINDSAY JUDITH THOMPSON
Laura Jobling
Lexi Lawrence
MARY VICTORIA PULFER
MR J S HILL
Margaret Gordon · trustee of 1 other charity
Michael Woods
PAMELA PALMER
Philomena Mullan
ROSALYN MARY NORMAN
Rev Antony Cavanagh · trustee of 3 other charities
Rev Clive McKie
Rev Elisabeth Brooks · trustee of 1 other charity
Roger Nelson
Stephen Tickell
Sue Leppard
Susan Nelson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£174k	£200k
31/08/2024	£184k	£170k
31/08/2023	£164k	£183k
31/08/2022	£133k	£164k
31/08/2021	£104k	£150k

Common questions

Is REIGATE METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £25,882 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,499,051 to £2,473,169. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £354,656, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain activities for the foreseeable future. The majority of the charity's assets are held as fixed assets, with unrestricted funds significantly exceeding the stated reserves policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCH.

ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCH income £140k
CHRISTCHURCH (METHODIST / CHURCH OF ENGLAND ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP) CLEVEDON income £206k
The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City income £156k
REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST income £651k
Crossways Methodist Church income £125k
CULLERCOATS METHODIST CHURCH income £216k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
REIGATE METHODIST CHURCH	£174k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£140k	£3,465	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH (METHODIST / CHURCH OF ENGLAND ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP) CLEVEDON FY2024	£206k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City FY2025	£156k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
REIGATE BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£651k	—	2	above	—	no doubt
Crossways Methodist Church FY2025	£125k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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