NOTTING HILL METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1127356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of regular public acts of worship open to members of the Church and non-members alike; the provision of sacred space for prayer and contemplation; the teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups; pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved; the provision of young people's activities with a Christian ethos; supporting other charities financially

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Latest income

£936k

Latest spending

£776k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income increased to £935,509 from £729,482 in the prior year, while unrestricted expenditure decreased to £769,487 from £825,927. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £268,295, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £137,000 (three months of operating expenditure).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating expenditure (approximately £137,000) (held: £268k)

“The agreed reserves policy is to retain from the unrestricted resources available under the above calculation the equivalent of three months operating expenditure (approximately £137,000) to fund planned activities should normal revenue earning be suspended.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Banks & Co Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£936k

Total spending

£776k

Reserves (reported)

£16.0m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (80% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Derek Paul Woodchair
Bethia Tooth
Carla Brackett
Chris Harvey
Delores Charles
ELAINE MAGDALENE SPENCE MI EX DIP · trustee of 1 other charity
Elaine Brackett · trustee of 1 other charity
Esther Samuels
Gladwyn Samuels
Hannah Kawa
Junie Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
Nyasha Brackett-Thomas
Patricia Rogers
Pauline Mullings
ROBERT DIXON · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Faith Nyota · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Ian Worsfold · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev SangWoo Seo · trustee of 2 other charities
Sharon Meredith
Susannah Yarde · trustee of 1 other charity
WENDY YARDE CHASE BSC HONS · trustee of 1 other charity
Yvette Powell

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

Operates in: Brent · City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£936k	£776k
31/08/2024	£729k	£830k
31/08/2023	£636k	£679k
31/08/2022	£590k	£875k
31/08/2021	£622k	£660k

Common questions

Is NOTTING HILL METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted income increased to £935,509 from £729,482 in the prior year, while unrestricted expenditure decreased to £769,487 from £825,927. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £268,295, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £137,000 (three months of operating expenditure). Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Banks & Co Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE METHODIST CHURCH NOTTINGHAM SOUTH CIRCUIT.

THE METHODIST CHURCH NOTTINGHAM SOUTH CIRCUIT income £327k
EMSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH income £132k
CAMBORNE WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH income £339k
BECKMINSTER METHODIST CHURCH income £125k
SOLIHULL METHODIST CHURCH income £462k
NAILSEA METHODIST CHURCH income £174k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NOTTING HILL METHODIST CHURCH	£936k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE METHODIST CHURCH NOTTINGHAM SOUTH CIRCUIT FY2025	£327k	Up to £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
EMSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt
CAMBORNE WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£339k	—	below	—	no doubt
BECKMINSTER METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£125k	—	within	—	no doubt
SOLIHULL METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£462k	—	above	—	no doubt

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