HARPENDEN METHODIST CHURCH

Charity number: 1128950
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provision of regular public acts of worship open to members, non-members of the church; provision of sacred space for prayer, contemplation; teaching Christianity through sermons, short courses, small groups; pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved; provision of youth club, women's meetings, etc. with Christian ethos; taking religious assemblies in schools, hosting school visits

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2023

Total income: £408,140
Total expenditure: £416,014

People

39 Trustee(s)

180 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Hertfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 April 2009: Previously excepted registration
  • 15 April 2019: Funds received from 278031 THYME (THE HARPENDEN AND DISTRICT METHODIST FUND F...
Organisation type:
Previously excepted
Other names:
  • HIGH STREET METHODIST CHURCH (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

39 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rev Mark Paul Hammond Chair 22 September 2013
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time
BEDFORDSHIRE ESSEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
SOUTHDOWN METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
CLIFF COLLEGE
Received: On time
Selwyn Griffith Morris Trustee 16 March 2024
None on record
Dongbin Choi Trustee 10 October 2023
None on record
Ruth Junia Lindridge Trustee 10 October 2023
None on record
Hazel Jones Trustee 01 June 2023
None on record
Sally Elizabeth Pearson Trustee 26 March 2023
None on record
Christine Walden Trustee 26 March 2023
None on record
Michael John Pearson Trustee 26 March 2023
None on record
Rev RACHAEL LOUISE HAWKINS Trustee 26 July 2022
BEDFORDSHIRE ESSEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
SOUTHDOWN METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
ANGLICAN METHODIST ASSOCIATION (BERKHAMSTED) LIMITED
Received: On time
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time
ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, BERKHAMSTED
Received: On time
Charmian Knightley Trustee 12 June 2022
None on record
Paul Winyard Trustee 12 June 2022
None on record
Graham Knightley Trustee 12 June 2022
None on record
Jane Marie Brooke-Hughes Trustee 12 June 2022
None on record
Jennifer Anne Polley Trustee 12 June 2022
None on record
Claire Alison Lewis-Lim Trustee 12 June 2022
None on record
Christopher Fletcher Trustee 12 June 2022
None on record
Marilyn Beatrice Richardson Trustee 05 April 2022
None on record
Juliet Jacobs Trustee 09 November 2021
None on record
Nina Gurra Trustee 09 November 2021
None on record
Jennifer Anne Prentice Trustee 21 March 2021
None on record
David Robert Edney Trustee 26 January 2021
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time
Esther Mary Wane Trustee 29 September 2020
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time
ADEOLA OLUTOYIN SONOLA Trustee 29 September 2020
None on record
Deacon Sarah Wickett Trustee 01 September 2020
None on record
Kelvin Jackson-Robbins Trustee 28 January 2020
None on record
Margaret Rose Woods Trustee 01 September 2019
None on record
Pameel Andrra Crowther-Newman Trustee 01 June 2019
None on record
Ruth Manning Trustee 23 March 2019
None on record
Philippa Bayfield Trustee 13 November 2018
None on record
CLAIRE WOLLASTON LLB Trustee 24 March 2018
None on record
LOUISE MARY SCHLICH Trustee 17 October 2017
None on record
CHRISTINE MEILTON Trustee 01 June 2016
None on record
Pamela Atkins BSc Trustee 15 October 2015
None on record
SALLY ELIZABETH HAMMOND Trustee 01 May 2015
None on record
PETER RICHARD BLACK ACIB Trustee 15 March 2015
None on record
Lewis Cox Trustee 23 October 2013
None on record
MARGARET GRAND Trustee
None on record
DAVID EARNEE CREW Trustee
None on record
RICHARD JOHN ATKINS Trustee
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2019 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023
Total gross income £456.54k £468.65k £489.46k £368.83k £408.14k
Total expenditure £364.59k £313.10k £348.35k £358.93k £416.01k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 August 2023 24 May 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 24 May 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 12 March 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 12 March 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 29 November 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 29 November 2021 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 29 November 2020 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 29 November 2020 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2019 29 July 2020 29 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2019 29 July 2020 29 days late Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

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 dicipline 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

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Contact information

Address:
HARPENDEN METHODIST CHURCH
HIGH STREET
HARPENDEN
AL5 2RU
Phone:
01582713056
Email:
OFFICE@HIGHSTREETMETHODIST.ORG.UK
Website:

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