THE CONGREGATIONAL MEMORIAL HALL TRUST

Registered charity 260601 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CONGREGATIONAL MEMORIAL HALL IN FARRINGDON STREET

Funding of Christian activities and maintaining the Congregational Library.

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Latest income

£332k

Latest spending

£272k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £10,765,972, which the trustees describe as the company's free reserves. The filing notes a significant net loss on investments of £558,093, resulting in an overall net movement in funds of £(497,963) for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' worth of total annual resources expended (held: £10.8m)

“Council has established a policy whereby such of its funds as are not committed or invested in tangible or other fixed asset investments held by the Trust should be equivalent to not less than three months' worth of total annual resources expended.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr DIGBY JAMES
JOHN GEORGE ELLIS · trustee of 4 other charities
MARGARET THOMPSON
Philip Bonnier
Rev Barbara Jean Bridges · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev CHRISTOPHER DAMP · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Gwynne Evans · trustee of 3 other charities
SUSAN AUSTIN · trustee of 2 other charities
Thomas Brand

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£332k	£272k
31/12/2024	£327k	£227k
31/12/2023	£318k	£294k
31/12/2022	£313k	£277k
31/12/2021	£302k	£311k

Common questions

Is THE CONGREGATIONAL MEMORIAL HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £10,765,972, which the trustees describe as the company's free reserves. The filing notes a significant net loss on investments of £558,093, resulting in an overall net movement in funds of £(497,963) for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co.

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
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNAFFILIATED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED.

THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED income £596k
CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £566k
BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST income £2.6m
MALAYALAM GOSPEL CHURCH income £205k
THE LANGHORNE COMPANY income £156k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, CHARLTON KINGS income £227k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CONGREGATIONAL MEMORIAL HALL TRUST	£332k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED FY2025	£596k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£566k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025	£2.6m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	above	—	no doubt
MALAYALAM GOSPEL CHURCH FY2025	£205k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LANGHORNE COMPANY FY2024	£156k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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