HARPENDEN METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1128950 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGH STREET METHODIST CHURCH

Provision of regular public acts of worship open to members, non-members of the church; provision of sacred space for prayer, contemplation; teaching Christianity through sermons, short courses, small groups; pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved; provision of youth club, women's meetings, etc. with Christian ethos; taking religious assemblies in schools, hosting school visits

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £210,663 for the year, driven by significant restricted funding for the Shaped for Mission project. However, the trustees note a recurrent operating deficit of £36,954, indicating that underlying operational costs exceeded recurring income. The trustees consider the financial position sound, supported by unrestricted reserves of £813,711 which meet their policy target of covering approximately six months of recurrent expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hicks and Company. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~21.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Mark Paul Hammondchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Adesola Efunbajo
• Amanda Jane Bowran
• Anna Holding
• CHRISTINE MEILTON
• Charmian Knightley
• Christine Walden
• Claire Alison Lewis-Lim
• David John North
• David Pain
• Dongbin Choi
• Graham Knightley
• Hazel Jones
• Jennifer Anne Polley
• Jennifer Anne Prentice
• Juliet Jacobs
• Ka Ying So
• Kelvin Jackson-Robbins
• LOUISE MARY SCHLICH
• MARGARET GRAND
• Margaret Rose Woods
• Michael John Pearson
• Michael Lawford
• Nina Gurra
• PETER RICHARD BLACK ACIB
• Pameel Andrra Crowther-Newman
• Pamela Atkins BSc
• Paul Winyard
• Philippa Jane Bayfield · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD JOHN ATKINS
• Rebecca Elizabeth Jackson-Robbins
• Revd Dr Caroline Wickens · trustee of 3 other charities
• SALLY ELIZABETH HAMMOND
• Sally Elizabeth Pearson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tiffany Hoi Man Cheung

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• Philippa Jane Bayfield — trustee here and at WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT
• Rev Mark Paul Hammond — trustee here and at WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT
• Revd Dr Caroline Wickens — trustee here and at WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT
• Sally Elizabeth Pearson — trustee here and at WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT

Known funders

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