EAST GRINSTEAD TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1127649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRINITY

The advancement of 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: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £57,110 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £3,105,367. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Benjamin Scrivenschair
• Adrian Ing
• Alison Bentley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Jordan
• Dr Margaret Pauline Bruce
• Dr Simon Harold Bruce · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elaine Virginia Britton
• Elizabeth Sarah Jordan
• Helen Isobel Striebig
• Jill Brooks Mrs
• John Hewer
• Judith Roxburgh
• Keith Balfour
• Krish Thangarajah
• Linda Hilary Hope
• MICHAEL BROOKS
• Margaret Mabel Cunningham
• Mary Rose Nicholls · trustee of 1 other charity
• Modupe Odeyinde
• Patricia Elizabeth Swan
• Patricia Kathleen Oakley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Ann Attwell
• Susanne Shaw
• Timothy Bentley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Surrey · West Sussex

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