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MARLBOROUGH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1128694 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MRMC

Marlborough Road Methodist Church is a congregation of Christians meeting in centre of St Albans. We seek to worship God through a number of activities such as:maintaining a Methodist presence in the city centreholding creative acts of worship related to Methodist traditions and relevant to modern lifesharing the Christian Gospelsustaining, challenging and developing Christian faith

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Latest income
£108k
Latest spending
£127k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's principal sources of funds are voluntary donations, lettings, and fund-raising, with expenditure supporting key objectives. The trustees note that the continued high cost of energy remains a concern for the charity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: voluntary donations
“Our principal sources of funds are voluntary donations, lettings and fund-raising.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a month’s running costs
“The Church’s policy on Reserves is to maintain a reserve in the general fund to cover a month’s running costs and to hold a sensible reserve in the repair, organ and cottage funds to cover emergency repair works.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The continued high cost of energy remained a concern.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Joint employment of Anna Chaplain with Hatfield Road Methodist Church
“We continue working jointly with Hatfield Road Methodist Church (Charity No 1173147) to employ a full-time Anna Chaplain. The post was set up as full-time for five years, from April 2021, now restructured to part-time post over a longer period. The Employer is Hatfield Road Methodist Church.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£108k£127k
31/08/2024£154k£157k
31/08/2023£138k£169k
31/08/2022£162k£155k
31/08/2021£155k£135k

Common questions

Is MARLBOROUGH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's principal sources of funds are voluntary donations, lettings, and fund-raising, with expenditure supporting key objectives. The trustees note that the continued high cost of energy remains a concern for the charity. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Who funds MARLBOROUGH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MARLBOROUGH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH as a grant recipient include ST ALBANS AND WELWYN METHODIST CIRCUIT.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ST ALBANS AND WELWYN METHODIST CIRCUITFY2025£10kSalisbury Village Mission