ALDERLEY EDGE AND KNUTSFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1127258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides buildings/facilities/open spaces to provide the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church

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: KNUTSFORD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£320k

Latest spending

£312k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Circuit held unrestricted funds totaling £1,879,851, with general reserves of £580,562. This reserve level is significantly above the stated policy target of three months of expenditure (£71,166), providing 19 months of funding. The independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of general expenditure (held: £581k)

“Our policy is to maintain 3 months of general expenditure in reserves.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income

£564k

Total spending

£340k

Reserves (reported)

£571k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~20.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Povey
Bryan Peak · trustee of 2 other charities
Carol Judith Fleming
Denise Archer
Dorothy Dennison · trustee of 1 other charity
Dorothy Richards · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr ANTHONY MICHAEL JUDD
Dr Christopher John Barratt · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Elizabeth Kerr
Heather Christiansen
Jonathan Sidney Royle
Josephine Bowers
Julie Lee
LYNDA MARIE MITCHELL
Margaret Anne Graham
Marjorie Young
Mr James Eaton
NICHOLAS JOHN EADIE
PETER GILBERT FREEMAN
PETER RICHARDS
Pauline Glancy · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter Ralph Thompson · trustee of 2 other charities
Philip Bland
Rev Alan Raymond Bradley · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Peter Jonathon Brazier
Rev Sincere Makunde · trustee of 1 other charity
Roy William Bowers
STEVEN ATKINSON
Susan Trotter

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£320k	£312k
31/08/2024	£564k	£340k
31/08/2023	£269k	£283k
31/08/2022	£304k	£288k
31/08/2021	£320k	£326k

Common questions

Is ALDERLEY EDGE AND KNUTSFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Circuit held unrestricted funds totaling £1,879,851, with general reserves of £580,562. This reserve level is significantly above the stated policy target of three months of expenditure (£71,166), providing 19 months of funding. The independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT.

COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT income £235k
CAMBRIDGE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £291k
UPPER THAMES METHODIST CIRCUIT income £152k
NORTH KIRKLEES AND MORLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT income £487k
ST AUSTELL METHODIST CIRCUIT income £274k
THE NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £715k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ALDERLEY EDGE AND KNUTSFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT	£320k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£235k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£291k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
UPPER THAMES METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£152k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NORTH KIRKLEES AND MORLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£487k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ST AUSTELL METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£274k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.