GODALMING UNITED CHURCH (METHODIST & UNITED REFORMED)

Registered charity 1128613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GUC

Religious activities

Objects

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE PARTICIPATING CHURCHES.

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 unrestricted free reserves were £51,695 at 31 August 2025, which the trustees consider adequate to cover fluctuations in income and expenditure. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £36,443 for the year, driven by higher expenditure than income, but maintains a strong balance sheet with total net assets of £2,272,437.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Adam Paynechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Joyce Sargeant · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Margaret Briscoe
• EILEEN MACDONALD
• Francis Richard Groves
• Julie Anne Rowling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn Riddy
• Louise Pauline Steele · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Louise Ireland
• Marian Holliday · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patricia Ann Pollard

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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