FINCHLEY METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1133907 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1) Holding weekly meetings which are open to the public2) Running community projects3) Organising group activities 4) Working closely with other Christian organisations.

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 discipline 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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Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church reported a deficit of approximately £15k for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds to £453k. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the church remains in a financially stable position with unrestricted reserves of £451k, which exceed the stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be prudent and appropriate for maintaining the older church estate.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 19/08/2024, 50 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 14/07/2022, 14 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Martin Wellingschair · trustee of 6 other charities
• ANNU VARGHESE
• Barbara Heatherington
• Christina Luvele
• DR RAJAN VIJERATNAM
• David French
• Deborah Ayodele Henrietta Lynch-Shyllon
• Dorothy Moir
• Dr LATHA THANGARI
• Dr SARADA VIJERATNAM
• HANNAH LYNCH SHYLLON
• HENRY NICHOLAS OLUWOLE FORDE
• Lindi Lewis
• Mary Sylvia Campbell
• Rev Benjamin Twumasi · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Shaun Leslie SANDERS
• TONY GOSSETT

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

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