DOWNHAM MARKET METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129143 · 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church holds unrestricted funds to cover 50% of annual expenditure, serving as contingency funds for fluctuations in receipts and ongoing building upgrades. The trustees review risks on an ongoing basis and take steps to mitigate them. The document does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN RIX
• Alison Durkin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Beryl Boyce
• HEINZ HEISLER
• JOYCE ELLEN DENT
• Janet Roust
• MARY ALICE CUMBERS
• MAUREEN JOAN HIBLING
• Margaret Irene Harrison
• PATRICIA JOAN MEHEW
• RALPH MICHAEL PERKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Paul David Critchley
• Shirley Williamson
• Sylvia Cornwell
• TERENCE FOSTER

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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