Westminster Methodist Central Hall Trust

Registered charity 1133912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as METHODIST CENTRAL HALL WESTMINSTER, Methodist Conference Property at Central Hall Westminster

The object of the trust is the provision of funds to further the Methodist Church's Mission and to maintain the Methodist Central Hall, which is its principal asset. Develop a sustainable heritage attraction, educational resource, and museum for research purposes

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Latest income

£9.0m

Latest spending

£8.9m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a net profit of £42,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £8,970,000. However, the Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £8,303,672 against a stated policy target of £1,000,000, while noting that the group has net current liabilities of £1,767,857 primarily due to non-refundable deferred income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1,000,000 (held: £8.3m)

“The Trustees have therefore determined that their reserves policy is for the Trust (and not the Company) to hold a cash reserve of £1,000,000.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Trust donated £nil (2024: £288,066) to the Methodist Church and in 2023/24 the Trust received a grant of £4,000,000 from the Methodist Church.

“The ultimate holding entity of the Trust is the Methodist Church. During the year the Trust donated £nil (2024: £288,066) to the Methodist Church and in 2023/24 the Trust received a grant of £4,000,000 from the Methodist Church.” — page 29

“The Methodist Church rents a room in Central Hall Westminster and during the year paid £nil to the Trust (2024: £12,000).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Methodist Church rents a room in Central Hall Westminster and during the year paid £nil to the Trust (2024: £12,000).

“The ultimate holding entity of the Trust is the Methodist Church. During the year the Trust donated £nil (2024: £288,066) to the Methodist Church and in 2023/24 the Trust received a grant of £4,000,000 from the Methodist Church.” — page 29

“The Methodist Church rents a room in Central Hall Westminster and during the year paid £nil to the Trust (2024: £12,000).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: One Trustee occupies a manse rent free in his capacity as a Minister of the Church.

“The ultimate holding entity of the Trust is the Methodist Church. During the year the Trust donated £nil (2024: £288,066) to the Methodist Church and in 2023/24 the Trust received a grant of £4,000,000 from the Methodist Church.” — page 29

“The Methodist Church rents a room in Central Hall Westminster and during the year paid £nil to the Trust (2024: £12,000).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Central Hall Westminster Limited

“A trading company, Central Hall Westminster Limited (the Company), is wholly owned by the Trust.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£9.0m

Total spending

£8.9m

Cost of raising funds

£8.5m

Reserves (reported)

£8.3m

Employees

38

Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (99% 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: 94.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev PAUL EDWARD REGANchair
Balachandren Muthuvaloe Gnanapragasam · trustee of 2 other charities
JUDITH MARY MITCHELL
John Harris Robinson
NANA AMA ACKAH-YENSU · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev ANTHONY DAVID MILES · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Dr Jonathan Dean · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£9.0m	£8.9m
31/08/2024	£11.9m	£8.9m
31/08/2023	£8.6m	£9.5m
31/08/2022	£5.9m	£6.3m
31/08/2021	£932k	£3.1m

Common questions

Is Westminster Methodist Central Hall Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a net profit of £42,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £8,970,000. However, the Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £8,303,672 against a stated policy target of £1,000,000, while noting that the group has net current liabilities of £1,767,857 primarily due to non-refundable deferred income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£1.0m
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD	1	£25k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£23k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£20k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHURCHCENTRAL TRUST.

CHURCHCENTRAL TRUST income £671k
TRUSTEES FOR METHODIST CHURCH PURPOSES income £1.6m
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE TRUST, OXFORD income £645k
THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY TRUST income £3.1m
QUINTIN HOGG TRUST income £7.0m
THE CONGREGATIONAL MEMORIAL HALL TRUST income £332k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Westminster Methodist Central Hall Trust	£9.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHURCHCENTRAL TRUST FY2025	£671k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
TRUSTEES FOR METHODIST CHURCH PURPOSES FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE TRUST, OXFORD FY2025	£645k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY TRUST FY2025	£3.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
QUINTIN HOGG TRUST FY2025	£7.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.