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HUCCLECOTE METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1128494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RELIGIOUS 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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Registered contact address: Gloucester, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£87k
Latest spending
£88k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £5,652.94 for the Property and General Fund for the year ending August 2025. Unrestricted funds stood at £25,823.42, which the trustees hold as reserves to spread income timing, cover potential overspends, and manage unforeseen contingencies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10,000 to spread the timings of income and expenditure £5,000 for possible overspend on the Property & General Fund £10,823 for unforeseen contingencies (reserves figure: £26k)
“The Trustees (Church Council Members) note that our unrestricted funds (amounted to £25,823 at 31st August 2025. They understand that this amount is to be held as a reserve for the following reasons':£10,000 to spread the timings of income and expenditure £5,000 for possible overspend on the Property & General Fund £10,823 for unforeseen contingencies” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 70
  • Government income: £750 — grants £750 (1); under 1% of the £87,352 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 70
  • Government income: £1,805 — grants £1,805 (1); 2% of the £101,338 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 80
  • Government income: £11,115 — grants £11,115 (1); 11% of the £105,556 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£87k£88k
31/08/2024£101k£96k
31/08/2023£106k£100k
31/08/2022£117k£121k
31/08/2021£69k£75k

Common questions

Is HUCCLECOTE METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £5,652.94 for the Property and General Fund for the year ending August 2025. Unrestricted funds stood at £25,823.42, which the trustees hold as reserves to spread income timing, cover potential overspends, and manage unforeseen contingencies.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT1£20k
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HUCCLECOTE METHODIST CHURCH£87k—0above—no doubt
WEMBLEY PARK LANE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£117k—0unclear6.0%no doubt
EAST PECKHAM METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£240k—0unclear—no doubt
MARKET HARBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£177k—0below—no doubt
CARSHALTON METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£267k——unclear—no doubt
KNUTSFORD METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£353k—0unclear—no doubt

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