THORNTON METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TMC

The provision of facilities for Christian Worship and fellowship.To share Faith and Understanding of Christianity.To provide outreach services for the local community.To provide rooms for smaller charitable organisations to use for their own purposes.

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 total cash funds held by the church decreased from £59,101 to £52,423 during the year. The filing indicates that unrestricted funds experienced a net decrease of £9,505, while restricted funds increased by £3,056, resulting in an overall net decrease in total funds of £6,450.

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 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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN MIDDLETON · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRIAN ANTHONY ROBBINS BA MED
• BRIAN MICHAEL WATKINS
• Geraldine Bernice Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Bedford
• JEAN CASSON
• PATRICIA ANN GREGORY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Thomas Schofield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter James Wilson
• Rev Katie Leonowicz · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sara Hughes Wilson
• Sharon Ann Webb
• Wendy Reeds

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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