CHISLEHURST METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1155090 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Engages in religious activities, teaching and communicating the gospel, with the premises providing a resource for community activities and public benefit for people of all ages. Raises for other charities for use in the UK and overseas

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.

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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Latest income

£154k

Latest spending

£133k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds held by the church increased to £183,199 at the year-end, with unrestricted funds at £96,853. The trustees' report confirms a reserves policy to hold six months of average expenditure, and the current unrestricted balance appears sufficient to meet this target given the total expenditure of £133,187.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months average expenditure (held: £97k)

“The reserves policy for the Church is to hold a sum equivalent to six months average expenditure.” — page 4

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.

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev David Morrischair · trustee of 2 other charities
Ann Pompei
Christine Pott
DAVID EWART JACKSON · trustee of 4 other charities
ELAINE CHRISTINE BATTARBEE
Evelyn Nenneh Lovetta Maclean
JOAN ELIZABETH MAYES
OWEN TERWILLIGER
PAUL ALANDER CROWTHER MA., BA · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev KAREN MARY GEORGE · trustee of 4 other charities
Satu Linda Maria Francis
THOMAS GARDINOR COWIE
TSION GEBREEGZIABHER
Tracey Large
VALERIE MARGARET BESSANT

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

Operates in: Bromley

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£154k	£133k
31/08/2024	£138k	£127k
31/08/2023	£118k	£139k
31/08/2022	£103k	£126k
31/08/2021	£88k	£82k

Common questions

Is CHISLEHURST METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds held by the church increased to £183,199 at the year-end, with unrestricted funds at £96,853. The trustees' report confirms a reserves policy to hold six months of average expenditure, and the current unrestricted balance appears sufficient to meet this target given the total expenditure of £133,187. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.