PONTELAND METHODIST CHURCH
Providing regular acts of worship open to church members and non-members. Teaching and promoting Christianity. Pastoral work. Taking religious assemblies in schools. Providing children's and youth clubs, and women's and men's meetings with a Christian ethos. Promoting the mission of the church. Supporting charities in the UK and overseas financially and through prayer.
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.
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustees
- ALAN GROVES
- Alison Winifred Bates
- Andrew Hislop Anderson
- Angela Lisle
- BRYAN ASHFORD
- Christine Cogan
- FRANCIS SYDNEY COWAN
- GEOFFREY EDWARD LISLE
- Geraldine Dobbs
- Glennis Richardson
- Isobel Hindle
- James Fail
- Jennifer Hardy
- MARGARET WARD ASHFORD
- MARIANNE GROVES
- NIGEL HENRY GORDON BATES
- PAMELA VARLEY
- PAULINE GROVES
- PROF ROGER HERBERT DYE
- Peter Hindle
- Peter Michell
- RICHARD JOHN VARLEY
- ROSEMARY GRAY
- Rev Andrew Sterling
- Steve Small
- Susan Kirtley
- Trish Rutter
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2025 | £164k | £160k |
| 31/08/2024 | £141k | £137k |
| 31/08/2023 | £126k | £140k |
| 31/08/2022 | £120k | £121k |
| 31/08/2021 | £128k | £122k |