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BISHOP'S STORTFORD METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1127323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSMC

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Latest income
£167k
Latest spending
£200k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £33,000 for the year ended 2025, with total income of £167,386 against expenditure of £200,158. The trustees note that reserves are insufficient to cover planned developments, such as drainage and Wesley Hall projects estimated at £120,000, and that the reserves policy has not been included because adequate funds are not available. The charity expects to meet future shortfalls through grant applications and by increasing direct giving from the congregation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Circuit & District Grants (30% of income)
“Circuit & District Grants, 43000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The Reserves Policy has not been included since we do not have adequate funds.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BS Methodist Church (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£167k£200k
31/08/2024£127k£117k
31/08/2023£128k£103k
31/08/2022£90k£103k
31/08/2021£87k£103k

Common questions

Is BISHOP'S STORTFORD METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £33,000 for the year ended 2025, with total income of £167,386 against expenditure of £200,158. The trustees note that reserves are insufficient to cover planned developments, such as drainage and Wesley Hall projects estimated at £120,000, and that the reserves policy has not been included because adequate funds are not available. The charity expects to meet future shortfalls through grant applications and by increasing direct giving from the congregation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
St Edmundsbury Cathedral Trust1£36k
CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST1£17k
THE VANNECK CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
THE OUSELEY CHURCH MUSIC TRUST1£2k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN, HERTFORD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BISHOP'S STORTFORD METHODIST CHURCH£167k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN, HERTFORD FY2025£218k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WITH ST PETER, WORCESTER FY2024£217k—0above—no doubt
THE INCORPORATED BISHOP'S STORTFORD COLLEGE ASSOCIATION FY2025£29.2m——below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW FY2025£449k—0below—no doubt
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT JAMES AND SAINT EDMUND, BURY ST EDMUNDS FY2025£2.7m—0below—no doubt

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