SOUTHGATE METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1130095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RELIGIOUS 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: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church ended the year with a deficit of £7,852, which the Treasurer describes as significant and unsustainable, though less than the previous year's deficit. Free/unrestricted reserves increased to £32,071, supported by capital withdrawals from TMCP investments to cover general income shortfalls.

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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southgate Methodist Church, Elland (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Godfrey Chikavirochair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW STOPFORD
• Colin Lees · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Seyit Alsancak
• JENNIFER ELIZABETH IREDALE
• James David Pickles
• John Alwyn Kershaw
• Keith Iredale · trustee of 1 other charity
• Keren Wild · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lesley Kershaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margery Wilkinson
• Raymond Wilkinson
• Rev Nicholas Biggar · trustee of 2 other charities
• WILMA MONCKTON PATON

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

Operates in: Calderdale · Kirklees

Income and spending

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

• SOUTH BRISTOL METHODIST CHURCH income £264k
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• SALISBURY METHODIST CHURCH income £218k
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• SOUTHGATE (THE BOURNE) METHODIST CHURCH income £173k

Side by side with its peers

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