LEYLAND ROAD METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of regular public acts of worship open to both members and non-members of the church. Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved. Promoting the whole mission of the church through provision of activities for older people, parents and toddlers, and youth clubs and lunch clubs, all with a Christian ethos. Supporting other UK and overseas charities financially and with prayer.

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 church held total cash funds of £115,901 at the end of the year, representing an increase from the previous year's £68,068. Per the trustees' report, the church generated a net surplus of £12,640 for the year, with unrestricted funds rising to £79,031. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

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 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
• 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
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Ernest Grimshawchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Malcolm Tate · trustee of 3 other charities
• Carol Mackenzie
• Christopher George Hall · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID WILLIAM POTTS
• David John Attwater
• Deborah Jane Attwater
• Diane Elizabeth Beirne
• Diane Parkinson
• Elizabeth Wallbank
• Janice Young
• Joan Vera Hayward
• MARGARET CROSBY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maureen Ann Clode
• Moira Chadwick
• Mrs Jean McKenna
• OLWEN EMMA WALSH
• Paul Anthony Craven
• Rajesh Rasikbhai Patel
• Rev Christopher Charles Humble
• Rev Patrick Michael Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
• SHIRLEY ANNE POTTS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Hardiman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tom Chadwick

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

Operates in: Sefton

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