CHELSEA, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1133940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT

Provision and maintenance of buildings for worship. Provides a structure to enable churches in the circuit to carry out their mission. Trains local preachers and lay leaders. Promotes Christian faith through Circuit services.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Circuit recorded a deficit of £113,825 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a deficit of £27,693 in the prior year. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves are significantly below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure, with liquid reserves of £41,186 against an expected level of £155,000, though they consider this adequate due to the liquidity of long-term trusts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Adomako Basoah & Co.. Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (47% 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: 14.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Faith Mwari Nyotachair · trustee of 3 other charities
• ALAN FREDERICK MILLS · trustee of 3 other charities
• ALBERT ADRIAN MONTAGUE GRIGG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alvin Roncal · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER JOHN CORTON B.SC, M.ED
• Colmeta Arletta Thorpe · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Tamby Rajah
• EUNICE MENSAH
• Esther Olawunmi Fatogun · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gamal King
• Gertie Barker · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANE KESSIWAH-BOBIE BA BUS COM
• James Thomas Goode · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Carole Roberts
• Olateju Ayoola Fatogun MBA BUS
• Rev David Gillman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Iesinga Vunipola
• Rev Vida Daisy Foday
• Stephen Thomas Lawrence · trustee of 2 other charities
• Yvonne Robinson

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AMERSHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT.

• AMERSHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT income £121k
• CAMBRIDGE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £291k
• BUDE AND HOLSWORTHY METHODIST CIRCUIT income £193k
• WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT income £574k
• WOLVERHAMPTON METHODIST CIRCUIT income £543k
• YORK METHODIST CIRCUIT income £860k

Side by side with its peers

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