MIDSOMER NORTON METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1128385 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NO

PROMOTION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN.THE WORK IS BASED IN MIDSOMER NORTON IN BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET.THE CHURCH IS PART OF THE NORTH EAST SOMERSET AND BATH CIRCUIT OF METHODIST CHURCHES.THE PREMISES ARE USED FOR CHURCH AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

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

Per the financial review, regular giving has reduced year on year, although income from lettings has increased. The trustees state that overall church reserves remain satisfactory despite rising costs for maintaining two large buildings.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Christine Coramchair
• Carolanne Jennifer Hillman
• David Nicholas Lewis
• Hannah Eve Bevan
• JULIE SLADE
• John Rodney Mander · trustee of 2 other charities
• Judith Lynn Knight
• KATHLEEN AMY DYMOND · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lorraine Jeannette Evans
• Lydia Ann Hinton · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARJORIE ANN GILSON
• Marilyn Cynthia Weeks
• Michael George Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUSAN HELEN GREEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sally Ann Brick
• Simon Knight

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Somerset

Income and spending

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