MARLOW METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1199146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious Activities

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

£275k

Latest spending

£264k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total unrestricted funds are £60,872, while total income for the year was £275,323 against charitable expenditure of £263,999. The filing notes that this is the first year accrual accounting has been used, meaning previous figures are not like-for-like comparable. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID WILLIAM DUXBURY · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Anne Riches
Eryl Walker
Hazel Christina Ashburner
JACQUELYN MINETTE DUXBURY
JANE TAMSON SLATER · trustee of 1 other charity
James Casper
Judith Andrea Elliot
Linda Francis Lovell
Malcolm Richard Shergold
Michael Bryan Standell
Michael John Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul James Strange · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Katie Strange
Rosalind Jane Drew · trustee of 1 other charity
SQUADRON LEADER ROBERT ALASTAIR GALLAUGHER MBE
Susan Victoria Gallaugher
Valerie Joy Cameron
Victoria Clare Everitt

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£275k	£264k
31/08/2024	£235k	£296k
31/08/2023	£227k	£161k

Common questions

Is MARLOW METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's total unrestricted funds are £60,872, while total income for the year was £275,323 against charitable expenditure of £263,999. The filing notes that this is the first year accrual accounting has been used, meaning previous figures are not like-for-like comparable. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.