The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City

Registered charity 1127225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH - LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY

We aim to offer a diversity of styles in our worship varying from fairly formal Communion Services to Informal All Age Worship. We encourage groups for Bible Study and Prayer and organise a variety of weekly activities, where we aim to fulfil our caring, nurturing and social objectives. When the premises are not being used for church activities, they are available for community purposes.

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 LOCAL

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£156k

Latest spending

£152k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,921 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £155,600 and expenditure of £151,679. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by readily available reserves of £469,611, which exceed the stated policy target of six months' average expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Property Use Donations (49% of income)

“Property Use Donations 45,312”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months’ average expenditure (held: £470k)

“The Reserves Policy for the Church is to hold a minimum sum equivalent to six months’ average expenditure.” — page 9

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Emmanuel Ajibola ONABANJO BAchair
ANITA KAY LATTER
CHERYL BIDNELL
Caroline Howard · trustee of 1 other charity
DEACON MALCOLM DAVID KNOWLES · trustee of 1 other charity
David Frank Latter MA · trustee of 1 other charity
David William Smith BA MRSC
Dr George Selvandiran Mather · trustee of 1 other charity
Eileen Margaret Gibbs
Isobel Dunkley RMN
JENNIFER HAZEL ROGERS BSc
JOHN MATTHEW MCKEAN
JOHN WILLIAM SHARMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
Jonathan Lindsay Battarbee MA CPFA · trustee of 1 other charity
Julie Longhurst
KATIE ALLWRIGHT
KEN GIBBS · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Evelyn Turner
NEIL GIBBENS
PAT LANDER
PAUL JOHN SHARMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter David Rogers
ROGER DOUGLAS HARRISON MA OXON
Richard Allen
Ruth Lowe
SALLY JANE WOODHOUSE BSC RM RGN
SUSAN CLARE WOODHOUSE

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£156k	£152k
31/08/2024	£166k	£146k
31/08/2023	£166k	£124k
31/08/2022	£138k	£133k
31/08/2021	£148k	£107k

Common questions

Is The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,921 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £155,600 and expenditure of £151,679. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by readily available reserves of £469,611, which exceed the stated policy target of six months' average expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

LINDLEY METHODIST CHURCH income £160k
ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCH income £140k
LETCHWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH income £90k
FAREHAM METHODIST CHURCH income £119k
WIMBORNE METHODIST CHURCH income £104k
EMSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH income £132k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LINDLEY METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£160k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£140k	£3,465	unclear	—	no doubt
LETCHWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£90k	£14,890	unclear	—	noted
FAREHAM METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WIMBORNE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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