BEDFORDSHIRE ESSEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1133921 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEH

Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline of the Methodist Church.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, with no material matters coming to their attention that would require further attention.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~21.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr David Michael Chapmanchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Angela Mary Turner
• DAVID ALAN GERMANY · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Robert Edney · trustee of 1 other charity
• ERIC JOHN SMART
• KEITH WILLIAM NORMAN · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Caroline Wickens
• Rev Christine Pamela Preece · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev David Jebb · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Mark Paul Hammond · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Moses Kweku Agyam
• Rev Zena Frances Smith
• Stephen Mark Watson
• Steven William Thomas Rogers
• Tony Robert Trevers

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Essex · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRISTOL DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.

• BRISTOL DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £664k
• LONDON DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £2.4m
• NORTHAMPTON METHODIST DISTRICT income £1.5m
• METHODIST CHURCH - NORTH WEST ENGLAND DISTRICT income £7.3m
• EAST ANGLIA DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £1.5m
• LINCOLNSHIRE METHODIST DISTRICT income £504k

Side by side with its peers

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