THE AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1130117 · 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total cash funds held by the church increased to £355,945 at the end of the year, with unrestricted general funds totaling £332,578. The trustees report that the charity is continuing as a going concern with no stated uncertainties, supported by a reserves policy that allocates funds for loan repayment, cash flow, and building projects.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANN PAMELA TURNBULL
• Andrew William Henry Jeffries · trustee of 1 other charity
• COLIN JOHN NORMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cynthia Barbara Fowler · trustee of 1 other charity
• GILLIAN MARGARET FIELDING
• Hilary Yates
• KENNETH JAMES PARKES
• Keith Mackie
• MARGARET AGNES KAYE
• Patricia Mackie
• Rev Glayne Worgan · trustee of 2 other charities
• STEPHEN CARTER
• VALMA KAY JEFFRIES

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

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

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