LEYLAND METHODIST CHURCH, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE

Registered charity 1130063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Methodist Church in Leyland offering worship, bible study and community 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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Registered contact address: South Ribble, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£125k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £115,268 against expenditure of £127,271, resulting in a net deficit. Per the trustees' report, the charity is currently holding £4,075 in reserves, which is below the circuit policy target of two months' expenditure, and is running a stewardship campaign to secure funds for the next three years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Offerings and Tax recovered (74% of income)

“Offerings and Tax recovered 85764” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“A stewardship campaign in order to raise enough funds to keep.the church running over the next 3 years to September 2028.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ANN DIGGLES SRN
ANNIE CRABTREE CERT. ED
Adele Frances Whittingham
Anne Baker
Annette Cupit
BRYAN NOON ACIB
CAROL ECCLES
Christine Elizabeth Adams
Christopher Howard · trustee of 3 other charities
Daniel Parkinson
EILLEN TOMLINSON
Enid Hallam
JEFF WHITTLE
James Anthony Blackledge
KATHRYN ELIZABETH TOWNSON
MABEL HARRIS
Ryan Francis Scott · trustee of 1 other charity
SETH ASIAW
Stephen William Austin · trustee of 1 other charity
YVONNE TAYLOR

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£115k	£125k
31/08/2024	£172k	£194k
31/08/2023	£163k	£155k
31/08/2022	£352k	£329k
31/08/2021	£161k	£178k

Common questions

Is LEYLAND METHODIST CHURCH, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £115,268 against expenditure of £127,271, resulting in a net deficit. Per the trustees' report, the charity is currently holding £4,075 in reserves, which is below the circuit policy target of two months' expenditure, and is running a stewardship campaign to secure funds for the next three years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEYLAND ROAD METHODIST CHURCH.

LEYLAND ROAD METHODIST CHURCH income £121k
LOUGHTON METHODIST CHURCH income £278k
BEDHAMPTON METHODIST CHURCH income £83k
LYNDON METHODIST CHURCH income £74k
PRIORY METHODIST CHURCH, BEDFORD income £132k
KEYNSHAM METHODIST CHURCH income £266k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LEYLAND METHODIST CHURCH, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
LEYLAND ROAD METHODIST CHURCH FY2026	£121k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LOUGHTON METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£278k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BEDHAMPTON METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£83k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LYNDON METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£74k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
PRIORY METHODIST CHURCH, BEDFORD FY2025	£132k	£23,439	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.