Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit

Registered charity 1190847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOTTING HILL METHODIST CIRCUIT

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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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£200k

Latest spending

£247k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £46,865 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,406,024 to £3,359,159. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £76,039, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £62,000 (three months of operating expenditure). The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating expenditure (approximately £62,000) (reserves figure: £76k)

“The agreed reserves policy is to retain from the unrestricted reserves available the equivalent of three months operating expenditure (approximately £62,000)” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: One Trustee was reimbursed £2,488 by Notting Hill Methodist Church.

“During the year one Trustee was reimbursed a total of £2,488 (2024 - £5,949) by the Notting Hill Methodist Church on behalf of both the Notting Hill & Harlesden Methodist Circuit and Notting Hill Methodist Church.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Banks & Co Limited. 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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: 2

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

Volunteers: 2

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

Volunteers: 2

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Derek Paul Woodchair
Bevan Powell · trustee of 1 other charity
ELAINE MAGDALENE SPENCE MI EX DIP · trustee of 1 other charity
Ellen Boakye · trustee of 1 other charity
Eric Dresden Oduro · trustee of 1 other charity
Esther Samuels
Ingrid Yarde
Joana Idun
Junie Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
Kofi Baah · trustee of 1 other charity
ROBERT DIXON · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Faith Nyota · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Ian Worsfold · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev SangWoo Seo · trustee of 2 other charities
Susannah Yarde · trustee of 1 other charity
WENDY YARDE CHASE BSC HONS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£200k	£247k
31/08/2024	£126k	£137k
31/08/2023	£137k	£151k
31/08/2022	£109k	£124k
31/08/2021	£109k	£123k

Common questions

Is Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £46,865 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,406,024 to £3,359,159. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £76,039, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £62,000 (three months of operating expenditure). The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Banks & Co Limited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOTTINGHAM TRENT VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT.

NOTTINGHAM TRENT VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT income £1.4m
NORWICH METHODIST CIRCUIT income £612k
Nottingham North East Circuit of the Methodist Church income £985k
COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT income £235k
RYEDALE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £479k
West Midlands Methodist District income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit	£200k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NOTTINGHAM TRENT VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORWICH METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£612k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Nottingham North East Circuit of the Methodist Church FY2025	£985k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£235k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RYEDALE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£479k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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