BRIXTON HILL METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1173770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH ARE AND SHALL BEDEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SINCE THE DATE OF UNION THE ADVANCEMENT OF Û(A) THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL STANDARDS AND THEDISCIPLINE 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 INSTITUTIONBEING A SOCIETY OR INSTITUTION SUBSIDIARY OR ANCILLARY TO THE METHODISTCHURCH:(D) ANY PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY CHARITY BEING A CHARITY SUBSIDIARYOR 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); 2% of the £123,168 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRIXTON HILL METHODIST CHURCH£116k—0unclear—no doubt
BARNET BROOKSIDE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£144k—0within—no doubt
BROOKSIDE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt
KENTON METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£178k—0above—no doubt
CARSHALTON METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£267k——unclear—no doubt
THE AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£168k—0unclear—no doubt

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