MARKET HARBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1178813 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide a safe place for public worship and youth work.Make available the charity buildings for use in the local community.

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Latest income

£177k

Latest spending

£167k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total receipts of £177,487 against payments of £65,955. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (General Funds) stood at £53,642, which equates to 45.9% of annual General Fund expenditure, falling below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £54k; policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure)

“At the end of the year, General Funds equated to 45.9% of annual General Fund expenditure. (2024 = 40.7%).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Andrew Thomas Murphychair · trustee of 1 other charity
ALAN GEORGE COX
Anita Mary Beer
CATHERINE MARGARET CLARKE
CHRISTINE MARY HODGSON
Caroline Louise Osborne
David Richard Haddow
Emily Murphy
Emma Ferreri
Gillian Margaret Billington
HANNAH RUSSELL
HELEN DAVINA GREEN
Jacqueline Dawn Melhuish
MARGARET JOYCE COX
Maggie Hadkiss
Mary Ruth Elizabeth Thomas-Twinn
NEIL HADKISS
Paul Brian Colliss · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter James Hales
RACHEL HOUNSFIELD
RICHARD HUNTINGTON
SHIRLEY ANN MAY HALES
SUSAN NIXON
SUSAN ROUTLEY
Susan Margaret Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Vicki Colliss

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£177k	£167k
31/08/2024	£121k	£118k
31/08/2023	£116k	£117k
31/08/2022	£124k	£98k
31/08/2021	£101k	£96k

Common questions

Is MARKET HARBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total receipts of £177,487 against payments of £65,955. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (General Funds) stood at £53,642, which equates to 45.9% of annual General Fund expenditure, falling below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRISTCHURCH MARKET HARBOROUGH.

CHRISTCHURCH MARKET HARBOROUGH income £124k
The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City income £156k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HARBORNE income £882k
MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH income £128k
SOLIHULL METHODIST CHURCH income £462k
CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH YORK income £253k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MARKET HARBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH	£177k	—	below	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH MARKET HARBOROUGH FY2025	£124k	—	above	—	no doubt
The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City FY2025	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HARBORNE FY2025	£882k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARKET HARBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOLIHULL METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£462k	—	above	—	no doubt

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