ORPINGTON METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129331 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Spiritual and the furtherance of God's Kingdom

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 total funds carried forward for the year ending 2025-08-31 were £2,385,923, representing a net movement in funds of £5,360. The General Fund (Unrestricted) showed a surplus, while the Endowment Funds decreased significantly due to transfers or expenditures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Eric Bediakochair
• ANGELA CAROL EILEEN WILLIS
• Anne Margaret Barnes
• CAROLYN ANNE LICENCE
• Charles Victor Stewart
• Christopher John Price · trustee of 2 other charities
• DEBORAH HICKEY
• Deborah May Price
• Dorrance Palmer
• Dr Emma Maddy
• ELIZABETH DOBB
• ELIZABETH IRENE WELLER
• Franklyn Brew · trustee of 1 other charity
• Heidi Joanne Jones
• IRENE FRANCES COTTERELL
• JANET HALEY
• Kingsley Kwamina Kyeram Quanshah
• LOIS CLAIRE EAST
• Neville John Secular
• Robin Charles Licence
• STEPHANIE BARBARA BOSWELL
• Simon David Laurence Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Teresa Chown · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bromley

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ORPINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH.

• ORPINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £331k
• KINGSTON METHODIST CHURCH income £185k
• OFFINGTON PARK METHODIST CHURCH income £313k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ORPINGTON income £224k
• HANWELL METHODIST CHURCH income £213k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, ORPINGTON income £312k

Side by side with its peers

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