METHODIST CHURCH IN TOWER HAMLETS

Registered charity 1134888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TOWER HAMLETS METHODIST CIRCUIT

The provision of sacred space (buildings) for prayer and contemplation. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas financially and with prayer.

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: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,282,035, which is below the stated policy target of six months' ordinary expenditure plus £100,000 for underwriting the Whitechapel Mission and accrued redundancy costs. The Trustees acknowledge that the Circuit is drawing heavily on its reserves and have established a Sustainable Future Group to review options for the future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Clay Ratnage Strevens & Hills. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~86.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Jennifer Impeychair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Cheryl Gurnham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deacon Theresa Sam · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Keith Aldred PHD, CPFA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ella Sibley
• Evelyn Louis
• GLENDA ADAMS
• JEAN PATRICIA THOMAS · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOHN SINGLETON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lily Odartey
• Michael Spurr · trustee of 3 other charities
• Nana Abrafi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patience Yeboah · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Dr Jonathan Dean · trustee of 5 other charities
• SHEILA PATRICIA DE WINTER
• Susan Bothamley
• Verna Coke

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with METHODIST CHURCH REDHILL AND EAST GRINSTEAD CIRCUIT.

• METHODIST CHURCH REDHILL AND EAST GRINSTEAD CIRCUIT income £244k
• UPPER THAMES METHODIST CIRCUIT income £152k
• THE METHODIST CHURCH, WEST OXFORDSHIRE CIRCUIT income £276k
• MARKET HARBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH income £177k
• EMSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH income £132k
• SOUTH CHADDERTON METHODIST CHURCH income £65k

Side by side with its peers

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