CHELSEA, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Previously excepted
Registered: 1 February 2010
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £294,946
Latest expenditure: £408,783
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 155a Kings Road, Chelsea, London

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provision and maintenance of buildings for worship. Provides a structure to enable churches in the circuit to carry out their mission. Trains local preachers and lay leaders. Promotes Christian faith through Circuit services.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 29 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 29 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £294,946
Total Gross Expenditure: £408,783

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 21 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 21 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £272,417
Total Gross Expenditure: £300,563
Accounts Qualified: Yes

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 1 September 2024
Date Accounts Received: 1 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £308,718
Total Gross Expenditure: £408,397
Accounts Qualified: Yes

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 18 March 2024
Date Accounts Received: 7 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £370,767
Total Gross Expenditure: £336,404

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 11 September 2022
Date Accounts Received: 11 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,020,123
Total Gross Expenditure: £268,881

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Received Date: 29 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £294,946
Total Gross Expenditure: £408,783
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: Yes
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Received Date: 21 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £272,417
Total Gross Expenditure: £300,563
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 1 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £308,718
Total Gross Expenditure: £408,397
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Received Date: 18 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £370,767
Total Gross Expenditure: £336,404
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 11 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,020,123
Total Gross Expenditure: £268,881
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 11 September 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 22188
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 127020
Income Investments: 145241
Income Other: 14100
Income Total Income And Endowments: 308549
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £43,238
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £225,368
Expenditure Other: 275
Expenditure Total: 268881
Expenditure Investment Management: 17669
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 5908
Expenditure Support Costs: 110731
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 346245
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 364529
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £176,347
Assets Total Fixed: 4696096
Assets Own Use: 2205035
Assets Long Term Investment: 2491061
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £197,351
Assets Total Liabilities: £24,309
Assets Current Investment: 104475
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,869,138
Creditors One Year Total Current: 13128
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 11181
Assets Cash: £71,872
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4869138
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 4869138
Count Employees: 1
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hammersmith And Fulham
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Kensington And Chelsea
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: CHELSEA, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Previously excepted registration
Date Of Event: 2010-02-01T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
Charitable 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.
Area Of Benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 338936
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment