The Chevin Methodist Church

Registered charity 1128580 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OTLEY METHODIST CHURCH

Provision of public acts of worship and sacred space.Teaching of the Christian Faith.Pastoral care of the Church community role.Promotion of Christianity through special events.Christian nurture of the young in Sunday school, youth and uniformed groups.Activities for the aged, mother and toddler and specific needs groups.Support of UK and overseas charities financially and with prayer.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the congregation size has shrunk significantly, with membership reducing from 110 to 85 over five years. The trustees have decided to sell the church buildings, citing them as too old, restrictive, and costly to maintain, while noting that the pandemic impacted financial giving and external booking revenue. Despite these challenges, the congregation remains determined to continue its life and mission.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• rev Malcolm Cameron Stirkchair
• Annie Jeanne MacNeal Baker-Streevy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Anne Fountain
• Helen Smith
• JALNA JANE JENKINS
• Jack Foster
• Jean Snaith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanne Louise Dixon · trustee of 1 other charity
• John David Burland · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Nordby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Jennings
• Kenneth Adrian Brown
• MARJORIE EMSLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS G A FAWCETT
• Marion Agnes Rider
• Norman Edward Sykes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pamela Ellen Frances Smith
• Pauline Tate
• Penelope Anne Gwilt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Timothy Mark Perkins
• Sarah Jane Morrish
• Sarah Wainwright
• Wendy Walker · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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