SOUTHGATE METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1130095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

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Latest income

£89k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church ended the year with a deficit of £7,852, which the Treasurer describes as significant and unsustainable, though less than the previous year's deficit. Free/unrestricted reserves increased to £32,071, supported by capital withdrawals from TMCP investments to cover general income shortfalls.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southgate Methodist Church, Elland (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Godfrey Chikavirochair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREW STOPFORD
Colin Lees · trustee of 1 other charity
Graham Seyit Alsancak
JENNIFER ELIZABETH IREDALE
James David Pickles
John Alwyn Kershaw
Keith Iredale · trustee of 1 other charity
Keren Wild · trustee of 1 other charity
Lesley Kershaw · trustee of 1 other charity
Margery Wilkinson
Raymond Wilkinson
Rev Nicholas Biggar · trustee of 2 other charities
WILMA MONCKTON PATON

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

Operates in: Calderdale · Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£89k	£97k
31/08/2024	£85k	£97k
31/08/2023	£134k	£111k
31/08/2022	£94k	£99k
31/08/2021	£79k	£68k

Common questions

Is SOUTHGATE METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the church ended the year with a deficit of £7,852, which the Treasurer describes as significant and unsustainable, though less than the previous year's deficit. Free/unrestricted reserves increased to £32,071, supported by capital withdrawals from TMCP investments to cover general income shortfalls. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/11/2008	£10k	"This Church Management Committee Have Recently Redeveloped And Modernised Their Building To Make It Accessible To All. The Premises Are Curr"