RIDGEWAY METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1128711 · 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 teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. The provision of youth and parent and toddler activities, and women's and men's meetings with a Christian ethos. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £46,370 were held at the end of the period, representing eight months of expenditure which is above the charity's stated objective of six months. Total income for the year was £98,778 against total payments of £94,850, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Amanda Roperchair
• Anthony Kirby
• Avril Baker
• BRIAN HART
• Carmen de Pablo Lopez · trustee of 1 other charity
• HELEN POPE
• JOAN PAMELA BUTTLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN BUTTLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Bell
• Lynne Rogers
• Martin Holman
• Matthew Rogers
• Monica Cecilia Thompson
• Ronald Mark Thompson
• Ruth Alison Nicholls
• SIMON ANTHONY ROGERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Valerie Foot

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.