Brighouse Central Methodist Church

Registered charity 1129462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH, BRIGHOUSE

Provision of regular public acts of worship Provision of sacred space for prayer and contemplationFacilitating the development of Christian faithPastoral work Promotion of Christianity through events and servicesProvision of interest groups with a Christian ethosPromoting the mission of the Church through activitiesAccommodating community groups consistent with the Christian faith

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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Registered contact address: Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £48,561 for the year, with unrestricted free reserves totaling £51,872, which falls within the stated ideal range of £50,000 to £70,000. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future, although they note that rising costs and the need for building improvements require careful management of expenditure.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 18/10/2024, 110 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brighouse Central Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Brian Clayton
• Christine Cliffe
• David Andrew Carter
• David Ingram
• Helen Clayton
• Janet Ratcliffe
• Jennifer Blackburn
• Laura Braime
• Lesley Davenport
• Linda Freeman
• MARTIN BROOK
• Peter Blackburn
• Rev Nicholas Biggar · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard Anthony Holmes · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sheila Hoodlass
• Susan Anne Elizabeth Burton
• Valerie McLeod

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with South Trafford Methodist Church.

• South Trafford Methodist Church income £233k
• BROOKSIDE METHODIST CHURCH income £130k
• BAMBER BRIDGE METHODIST CHURCH income £73k
• EMSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH income £132k
• BURBAGE METHODIST CHURCH income £65k
• ASHBOURNE METHODIST CHURCH income £132k

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