CULCHETH METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129901 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision and support to members & non members of: public acts of worship, teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses & small groups, pastoral work to the sick and bereaved, youth club facilities and youth workers for the local area (with extra financial support from other bodies), disabled persons club, and meeting space for many internal and external social 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 discipline 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 faces significant financial viability risks due to a reducing and aging membership, which has led to lower regular giving and constrained fundraising opportunities. To mitigate these risks, the trustees have reduced non-essential expenditure, including eliminating two part-time cleaning posts, and have increased lettings fees. Despite these challenges, the charity continues to provide extensive community services and pastoral support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. 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
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMY ELIZABETH DRIVER
• CHRISTINE ANN PATHMARAJAH
• DAPHNE EASTBURN
• David William Ogilvy
• Elizabeth Ferguson Soehren
• Janette Christine Hutchinson
• Jon Purcell
• Joyce Daniels
• Joyce Lilias McComb
• Phillip David Harrison
• RODERICK REDPATH MARR
• Rev Wilfred Robinson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susan Carol Sherratt · trustee of 1 other charity
• THOMAS ASHLEY HUTCHINSON
• Thomas John Martin

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).