MUMBLES METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Mumbles Methodist Church is a constituent church of the Methodist 'Connexion' within the Swansea and Gower Circuit which in turn is part of the Wales Methodist Synod.The activities of the congregation fall into four main areas:- Worship; Pastoral Care; Learning and Development; and Mission and Outreach.

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 charity achieved a surplus of £7,289 for the year ended August 31, 2025, following a previous year's deficit. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient reserves to remain solvent over the next 12 months.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Howard David Longchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ALISON ALDERMAN
• ALISON NEWNHAM
• Andrew Crimp
• CAROLE WOOLDRIDGE
• CAROLINE BUCKLER · trustee of 1 other charity
• CAROLINE MARY MORGAN BA PGCE MA
• DAVID JOHN BOAKES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr RUTH HOPKINS
• GEOFFREY BERNARD MADDOCK
• GILL WATSON
• JULIA WALTERS
• JULIAN MYERS
• KATIE BIRD
• LEE ELLERY
• MARK PUNTAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS L GILLIAN WORRALL · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER DUNSTAN
• ROBERT ALLENDER
• SUSAN MARY MORTIMER
• VERONICA SIMPSON
• William Watson

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

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Government & lottery funding

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