PUTNEY METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1134031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious Activities in Putney, London.

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 dicipline 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: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£176k

Latest spending

£171k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £277,284 are sufficient to meet the charity's policy target of three months' expenditure, given annual unrestricted expenditure of £171,158. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources before transfers of £17,526 but recognized significant revaluation gains on tangible fixed assets, resulting in a net movement in funds of £288,491. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £277k)

“It is the policy of the church that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level in excess of three month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 20

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

BEN WATERHOUSE
Catherine Elizabeth Schade
DAVID ARMSTRONG
Dr Clive Norris
Hannah Odukwa
JANE FAWCETT
JENNY DREWE
Jean Butcher
Jessica Dalton
Jill Larmer
Kojo Keigya Amoasi · trustee of 2 other charities
Lesley Murray
REV GEOFFREY FARRAR · trustee of 3 other charities
Rev Kathy Johnson
Ruth Kelly
Sarah Mtonga · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£176k	£171k
31/08/2024	£143k	£215k
31/08/2023	£149k	£152k
31/08/2022	£165k	£151k
31/08/2021	£142k	£112k

Common questions

Is PUTNEY METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £277,284 are sufficient to meet the charity's policy target of three months' expenditure, given annual unrestricted expenditure of £171,158. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources before transfers of £17,526 but recognized significant revaluation gains on tangible fixed assets, resulting in a net movement in funds of £288,491. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 Barnes Fund	1	£50k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	1	£11k
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE METHODIST CHURCH: SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT.

THE METHODIST CHURCH: SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT income £951k
BARNES METHODIST CHURCH income £160k
LOUGHTON METHODIST CHURCH income £278k
SOUTHGATE (THE BOURNE) METHODIST CHURCH income £173k
SOUTH BRISTOL METHODIST CHURCH income £264k
WESTBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH income £293k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PUTNEY METHODIST CHURCH	£176k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE METHODIST CHURCH: SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT FY2025	£951k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARNES METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£160k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LOUGHTON METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£278k	—	below	—	no doubt
SOUTHGATE (THE BOURNE) METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£173k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH BRISTOL METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£264k	—	below	—	no doubt

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