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ST THOMAS METHODIST CHURCH, EXETER

Registered charity 1135010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides religious worship and teaching open to all. The Church seeks to care for both those within its membership and the wider community and to serve the community in which it is set.

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Latest income
£65k
Latest spending
£71k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the General Fund showed a deficit of £5,133 for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding six months of expenditure in reserve on the General Fund. The total unrestricted assets held were £57,246 as of 31 August 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months expenditure (held: £57k)
“The Church has a policy of holding six months expenditure in reserve on the General Fund” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Church is part of the Exeter Coast and Country Circuit, which is part of the Plymouth and Exeter Methodist District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference.
“The Church is part of the Exeter Coast and Country Circuit, which is part of the Plymouth and Exeter Methodist District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference. Internal Organisations linked to the Church are 5th Exeter Boys’ Brigade Carers and Toddlers” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£65k£71k
31/08/2024£60k£60k
31/08/2023£71k£58k
31/08/2022£66k£66k
31/08/2021£169k£163k

Common questions

Is ST THOMAS METHODIST CHURCH, EXETER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the General Fund showed a deficit of £5,133 for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding six months of expenditure in reserve on the General Fund. The total unrestricted assets held were £57,246 as of 31 August 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2018£97kALB - Environment Agency - Barnstaple Yeo Opening (BYO) Fish Migration Project