BRIXTON HILL METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1173770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Public religious worship and study.Youth development.Social support.

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Latest income
£116k
Latest spending
£91k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a reasonable financial position with total cash funds held increasing to £263,153 at the end of the year. However, the trustees note that the charity does not have sufficient funds for a much-needed redevelopment and that reserves need to be built up. The charity faces risks including increased fuel costs, high maintenance costs for its old building, and a high level of dependence on rental income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The charity rents office space to a prisoner befriending organisation at favourable rental.
Trustees rent office space to a prisoner befriending organisation at favourable rental as positive support for their work in prisons, considering the church is opposite Brixton Prison.
The church also rented space to a nursery; as well as providing income to support the church, it is seen as a community asset.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity rents space to a nursery.
Trustees rent office space to a prisoner befriending organisation at favourable rental as positive support for their work in prisons, considering the church is opposite Brixton Prison.
The church also rented space to a nursery; as well as providing income to support the church, it is seen as a community asset.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£116k£91k
31/08/2024£123k£91k
31/08/2023£113k£96k
31/08/2022£117k£132k
31/08/2021£118k£88k

Common questions

Is BRIXTON HILL METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a reasonable financial position with total cash funds held increasing to £263,153 at the end of the year. However, the trustees note that the charity does not have sufficient funds for a much-needed redevelopment and that reserves need to be built up. The charity faces risks including increased fuel costs, high maintenance costs for its old building, and a high level of dependence on rental income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.