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PRIORY METHODIST CHURCH, BEDFORD

Registered charity 1127751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Priory Methodist Church is a worshipping community and promotes the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

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Latest income
£132k
Latest spending
£176k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a deficit of £13,326, causing its general reserves to decrease to £115,888. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity is meeting its reserves policy of holding six months of general expenditure and will continue to operate as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £23,439 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“Gross salary paid to one (2024: 1) employee was as follows: Gross Pay 23,439”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months general expenditure (held: £116k)
“It is the recommended policy of ‘The Methodist Church’ to hold at least the equivalent of six months general expenditure in reserve” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£132k£176k
31/08/2024£140k£139k
31/08/2023£178k£122k
31/08/2022£125k£114k
31/08/2021£104k£115k

Common questions

Is PRIORY METHODIST CHURCH, BEDFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a deficit of £13,326, causing its general reserves to decrease to £115,888. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity is meeting its reserves policy of holding six months of general expenditure and will continue to operate as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of PRIORY METHODIST CHURCH, BEDFORD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £23,439 band.