CHELSEA METHODIST CHURCH AND PASTORAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1140225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide Christian Worship and Pastoral Care for the Members of the church, adherents and members of the wider community. To carry out Christian mission and outreach within the wider church/community. To receive and manage income from shops to enable above activities.

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: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£305k
Latest spending
£271k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £9,803,330, with a net liquid balance of £185,827 after deducting property values. The trustees report that this liquid reserve level exceeds the policy target of six months' routine expenditure (£135,700) and consider the reserves adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months routine expenditure (held: £186k)
“Reserves amounting to six months routine expenditure will be held” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One Trustee received £960 during the year for professional services rendered.
“One Trustee received £960 during the year for professional services rendered.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration
“One Trustee received £960 during the year for professional services rendered.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Adomako Basoah & Co.. 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£305k£271k
31/08/2024£290k£347k
31/08/2023£289k£291k
31/08/2022£356k£349k
31/08/2021£242k£305k

Common questions

Is CHELSEA METHODIST CHURCH AND PASTORAL CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £9,803,330, with a net liquid balance of £185,827 after deducting property values. The trustees report that this liquid reserve level exceeds the policy target of six months' routine expenditure (£135,700) and consider the reserves adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Adomako Basoah & Co..

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government08/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST1£14k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST1£2k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS1£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH YORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHELSEA METHODIST CHURCH AND PASTORAL CENTRE£305k—0above—no doubt
CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH YORK FY2025£253k—0above—no doubt
CHISLEHURST METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£154k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH CHESTERFIELD FY2025£192k—0above—no doubt
LINACRE METHODIST MISSION AND NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE FY2025£86kUnder £60,0000unclear—noted
WESLEY HALL METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£224k—0below—no doubt

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