ALTON METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious activities - Alton Methodist Church

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's finances remain sustainable post-pandemic, supported by regular giving and successful grant applications for the Anna Chaplain role. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting £40,000 to cover six months of expenditure, with all reserves held in an interest-bearing bank account. The charity relies heavily on volunteers, with only the Minister and the Anna Chaplain employed as paid staff.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev PHILIP SIMPKINSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alan Kenneth Robb · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Simpkins
• Ann Hughes
• Anna Mitchell
• Carol Woodruffe
• Christine Stovold
• DAVID ALLAN
• DIANE ROSE WRIGHT
• Diane Faith Titterington
• Glenda Kim Bentley
• Graham Charles Titterington BSc MSc · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Smith
• JANET WINIFRED ANN MEAGER
• Jennie Marlow
• Judith Nicholls
• Liz George · trustee of 1 other charity
• NANCY ELIZABETH BUCK · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nigel Hughes MA FREng
• Norma Duke
• Susanna Elizabeth Strain

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

Operates in: Hampshire

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