TAVISTOCK METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1130587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TMC

1.The provision of regular public acts of worship open to members of the church and non-members 2. the provision of sacred space (building) for prayer and contemplation 3. The teaching of Christianity through sermons courses and small groups, 4. The promotion of Christianity 5. Pastoral visiting, 6. Work with families, elderly in community 7. Assemblies in local schools 8. Supporting other chariti

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 church is facing a financial shortfall as costs are increasing while income is decreasing. However, the trustees report that the organization currently holds reasonable reserves to address this situation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Ian Marsh
• DEE BENZIE
• DR DAVID HUGH BENZIE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Peter Andrew Rowe MD FRCP
• Dr Ruth Helena Newman
• Eirlys Iris Wright
• Elizabeth Rowe
• FELICITY HELEN HAWKEN
• JOAN GOSLING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jeff Sawyer
• Jennifer Youe
• Joan Florence Newland
• John Wright
• KELVIN JOHN SHILLABEER
• Kathryn Lesley Watts
• MELANIE GRACE TAMBLIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR DAVID NORMAN
• MR ROB PALMER · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS JACKIE WENDY PALMER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Margaret Irene Chambers
• Margaret Smith
• NEIL LESLIE TAMBLIN
• Nathan Blundy
• PAMELA JANE WYLIE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pauline Sawyer
• Rebecca May Mullins

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

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