MORPETH METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1128303 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of regular public acts of worship open to members of the church and non-members alike. The provision of sacred space [a building] for prayer and contemplation. The teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Pastoral work including visiting the sick

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

Latest income

£100k

Latest spending

£90k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £8943 for the year ended 31st August 2025. The trustees aim to operate on a balanced annual budget and have approved a reserves policy targeting approximately six months of normal expenditure. Staffing costs are noted to fall following redundancies in September 2025, with responsibilities taken on by church members.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of normal expenditure

“Church Council approved a Reserves Policy holding reserves approximately equal to six months of normal expenditure, in accordance with the recommendation from the Methodist Connexion.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Morpeth Methodist Church (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev ANTONY OAKLEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Bridget Rowbottom
Catherine Wakefield
Clive Kemp
David Simpson
Dorothy Potts
John Dennis Carss
John Leithead
Judith Helen Quenet
Lorraine Bronsema
Maureen Baker
PATRICIA FOLKARD
Pam Oakley
Paul Reginald Crook
Vivien Ann Scott
Wendy Garvey

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£100k	£90k
31/08/2024	£122k	£142k
31/08/2023	£132k	£132k
31/08/2022	£131k	£135k
31/08/2021	£118k	£123k

Common questions

Is MORPETH METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £8943 for the year ended 31st August 2025. The trustees aim to operate on a balanced annual budget and have approved a reserves policy targeting approximately six months of normal expenditure. Staffing costs are noted to fall following redundancies in September 2025, with responsibilities taken on by church members. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Northern Rock Foundation	10/09/2002	£59k	Grant awarded to Morpeth Methodist Church (Northumberland)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT	1	£71k

Charities like this

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

SOLIHULL METHODIST CHURCH income £462k
BROOKSIDE METHODIST CHURCH income £130k
EMSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH income £132k
THE METHODIST CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN income £52.3m
HARPENDEN METHODIST CHURCH income £768k
DORRIDGE METHODIST CHURCH income £165k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MORPETH METHODIST CHURCH	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOLIHULL METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£462k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BROOKSIDE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£130k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EMSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£132k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE METHODIST CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN FY2025	£52.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARPENDEN METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£768k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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