THE INDEPENDENT METHODIST ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)

Registered charity 254007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote Evangelical Religion in the United Kingdom and in all or any other parts of the world according to the principles and usages for the time being of Protestants of the Denomination known as Independent Methodists.

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Latest income

£253k

Latest spending

£413k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £104,614 for the year, driven by expenditure exceeding income before investment gains. The trustees note that the current level of investment reserves is maintained for ongoing sustainability due to the annual deficit, though sufficient funds remain to continue projects. The charity also faces potential future increases in membership levies to cover rising costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.8m; policy: hold reserves which provide for the ongoing work of the Association whilst retaining financial stability and the potential to respond to new opportunities at a Connexional level or at an individual church level)

“However, because of the ongoing annual deficit of income over expenditure (ignoring the proceeds of church sales which cannot be relied on year-on-year), it is considered that the current level of investment reserves needs to be maintained for ongoing sustainability.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2023) to "below" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00092321

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

SOUTHWICK, Eric — director, appointed 27/07/2026not on trustee list
GREEN, Lisa — director, appointed 27/07/2025on trustee list
SWEET, Terry John — director, appointed 27/07/2025on trustee list
WOODALL, Christopher William — director, appointed 29/08/2024on trustee list
SMITH, Pauline Wendy — director, appointed 28/07/2024on trustee list
O'NIONS, Carrie Elizabeth Louise — director, appointed 30/07/2022on trustee list
WHITE, Kay Louise — director, appointed 30/07/2022on trustee list
ROBERTS, Deborah Caron — director, appointed 08/02/2022on trustee list
KENDRICK, Dorothy Lydia — director, appointed 14/10/2019on trustee list
TIPPING, Alison — director, appointed 29/07/2018on trustee list
HAMPSON, William — director, appointed 25/07/2009on trustee list
NEWTON, Shaun — director, appointed 31/07/2005on trustee list
RIDING, Marilyn May — director, appointed 29/07/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

52 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (45 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON TIPPING · trustee of 1 other charity
Carrie Elizabeth Louise O'Nions
Christopher William Woodall · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID WILLIAM HUGHES
DEBORAH CARON ROBERTS · trustee of 1 other charity
DOROTHY LYDIA KENDRICK · trustee of 1 other charity
Kay Louise White · trustee of 2 other charities
LEESA KAY CROCKATT
Lisa Green
MARILYN MAY RIDING · trustee of 1 other charity
Pauline Wendy Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Shaun Newton · trustee of 4 other charities
TERRY JOHN SWEET
WILLIAM HAMPSON · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£253k	£413k
31/12/2023	£285k	£457k
31/12/2022	£470k	£225k
31/12/2021	£134k	£274k
31/12/2020	£85k	£205k

Common questions

Is THE INDEPENDENT METHODIST ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £104,614 for the year, driven by expenditure exceeding income before investment gains. The trustees note that the current level of investment reserves is maintained for ongoing sustainability due to the annual deficit, though sufficient funds remain to continue projects. The charity also faces potential future increases in membership levies to cover rising costs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHRIST EMBASSY	1	£27k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SOULS, LANGHAM PLACE, LONDON	1	£14k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS WOODSIDE PARK	1	£8k
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIP TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR HOLIDAY CENTRES LIMITED.

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR HOLIDAY CENTRES LIMITED income £597k
UNITED KINGDOM WORLD EVANGELISM TRUST income £411k
ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCH income £140k
ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS income £1.1m
THE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED income £1.1m
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE INDEPENDENT METHODIST ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)	£253k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR HOLIDAY CENTRES LIMITED FY2025	£597k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UNITED KINGDOM WORLD EVANGELISM TRUST FY2024	£411k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ELM HALL DRIVE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£140k	£3,465	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS FY2024	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	£138,582	2	unclear	—	no doubt

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