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Godalming United Church (Methodist & United Reformed)

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1128613SurreyReligion
Income£143k2025-08-31
Spending£180ksame year
Spent / received118%5-year average
Size in its cause71st pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Godalming United Church (Methodist & United Reformed) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Godalming United Church (Methodist & United Reformed) reported income of £143k and spending of £180k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £114k to £143k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Godalming United Church (Methodist & United Reformed) sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home St Albans (£143k), Kingdom Faith Church London (£143k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastial Parish of St James the Great, Haydock (£143k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£45k£90k£135k£180k2021 Income: £114,3972021 Spending: £142,93920212022 Income: £130,4132022 Spending: £150,89120222023 Income: £150,9142023 Spending: £166,76720232024 Income: £145,3612024 Spending: £169,87820242025 Income: £143,3932025 Spending: £179,8362025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Religious activities

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Home St AlbansHertfordshire£143k
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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastial Parish of St James the Great, HaydockSt Helens£143k
Dersingham Parochial Church CouncilNorfolk£143k