SURBITON HILL METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1127609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To worship God and encourage and support people to follow Jesus as Lord and Saviour.To Care for our neighboursTo work for justice and the relief of suffering around the world

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £182,728, which is above the stated policy target of £5,000 for the General Reserve. The charity reported a net income surplus of £13,682 for the year, with total income of £278,213 largely derived from letting income and congregation giving.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Babatope Ojudayi
• CLARE ELIZABETH MAYS
• CYNTHIA RHONWEN JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol Fullbrook · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Fullbrook
• Elly Mui Chan Siew Cook
• Esther Abraham Anil
• HILARY CLARE ABBOTT
• Helen Margaret Lamb
• JEANNETTE BARBARA BARWICK
• Jill BRIDGES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julia Barbara Humphries
• KATHRYN INGHAM
• LINDA MARGARET BRIDGES BA, LRAM
• MARGARET MARY TURNER GRSM, LRAM
• MARINA ANNE GOLDING · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARION THORPE
• Patricia Valerie Lavers
• Peter John Thorpe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Vindra Leelawatee Maraj-Ogden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ross Strachan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Terence Ingham

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames

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