BUDE AND HOLSWORTHY METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1129530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUDE METHODIST CIRCUIT

The activities and purposes of the circuit include the effective deployment of resources of ministry, including people (both staff and volunteers), property and finance, within the member churches, development of circuit policy, training of local (lay) preachers, and the organisation of circuit events including church services, quiet days and retreats, and outreach events.

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 operated on a deficit budget with expenditure of £366,460 against income of £193,427, resulting in a net deficit of £173,030. The trustees expect this deficit level to continue for the next few years, funded by proceeds from the sale of redundant chapels and unrestricted reserves. While unrestricted reserves are slightly below the stated policy target of £620,000, the trustees believe the charity remains viable with sufficient resources to meet its liabilities.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~104.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Margaret Slingochair
• ANDREW MICHAEL PITT
• Annette Cole · trustee of 1 other charity
• Barry Bryne
• CATH PADDON
• COURTNEY DREW
• Charles John Dennis CLEAVE
• DEREK WALTER LOTT · trustee of 2 other charities
• Deborah French
• ELIZABETH BRAY
• Elizabeth Robinson
• Fiona Cleave
• Gillian Ann Beasley
• Godfrey Martyn Cole
• Hilary Vivian
• Jane Bailey
• KAREN SHEPHERD
• MARK SHEPHERD · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARY BROMELL
• MERVYN GARFIELD UGLOW
• MIKE METHERELL
• Mark Shears
• Nicola Jayne Hobbs
• REV JOY CHRISTINE WILSON BA
• ROSE HEARD
• Rosalind Mary Watson
• SANDRA SHEPHERD
• SHEILA CHOLWILL
• Stephen George Jose

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

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