WALKDEN METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1129994 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Walkden Methodist Church holds regular worship; weddings, baptisms, funerals on request, fellowship groups, community coffee mornings, uniformed organisations. Meet & Eat (lunch & a chat), craft & chat, a bowling and curling group, Supports St Ann's Hospice, Trussell Trust Food Bank, etc. Various community groups meetings and pastoral support and transport finance at St Andrews Methodist School.

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £2,674,116, which provides seven months of contingency cover against its annual expenditure of £82,849. This level of reserves meets the charity's stated policy target of holding a minimum sum equivalent to seven months' average expenditure. The charity reports no capital commitments or contingent liabilities and confirms it is a going concern.

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 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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Nutan Sandhya Joseph Suraychair
• Anne Bennett
• Carol Lesley Sniadek
• EDITH VALERIE HANCOX optional
• EUNICE NELSON optional
• Elizabeth Oman Kennedy
• JEAN TAYLOR
• JENNIFER KAY MARSH optional
• James Joseph ONEILL
• LORRAINE PRICE optional · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lee James O'Neill · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET O'NEILL optional · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAULINE ASHTON optional
• SANDRA MARGARET POOLE
• Sheila Clair Henshaw

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

Operates in: Salford City

Income and spending

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