Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 5

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -5 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -4

CHELSEA METHODIST CHURCH AND PASTORAL CENTRE

To provide Christian Worship and Pastoral Care for the Members of the church, adherents and members of the wider community. To carry out Christian mission and outreach within the wider church/community. To receive and manage income from shops to enable above activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity and another benefit
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 5 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/22	*	£356	£349	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/08/21	*	£242	£305	£-62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/08/20	*	£289	£378	£-89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/08/19	*	£278	£357	£-79	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/08/18?	*	£305	£338	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	10
31/12/17?	*	£301	£298	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£304	£330	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	*	£309	£265	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	*	£294	£297	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£294	£226	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£295	£226	£69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£335	£292	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.chelseamethodist.org.uk

faith.nyota@methodist.org.uk

02073529305

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Kensington And Chelsea,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	£30,000
The London Community Foundation	£10,000
City Bridge Trust	£10,000
DCMS	£9,900

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Chelsea Methodist Church & Pastoral Centre
£10,000	18/02/2021 6	Extension of community outreach support to increasing numbers of people at risk - including families, single and elderly people struggling with poverty and/or loneliness, isolation, mental and ....more Extension of community outreach support to increasing numbers of people at risk - including families, single and elderly people struggling with poverty and/or loneliness, isolation, mental and physical health challenges, bereavement, fear of Covid-19, parenting issues, relationship and family breakdowns, people facing homelessness and risk of homelessness.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,900	08/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Chelsea Methodist Church & Pastoral Centre
£10,000	11/06/2020	£10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£30,000	07/05/2020	Organisations supporting homelessness

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

COLMETA THORPE, Other trusteeship: CHELSEA, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT,

NOEMI VILA

ALAN FREDERICK MILLS, Other trusteeships: CROYDON NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE ASSOCIATION, CROYDON METHODIST CIRCUIT,

REV FAITH MWARI NYOTA (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: LONDON DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2011, number: 1140225

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR22: 262 days late, AR21: 309 days late, AR20: 674 days late, AR19: 924 days late, AR18: 75 days late, AR17: 87 days late, AR15: 152 days late, AR14: 6 days late,

Main office

CHELSEA METHODIST CHURCH
155A KINGS ROAD
LONDON
SW3 5TX

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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