BRAMHALL METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1130747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BMC

The church operates from the heart of Bramhall, a suburb of Stockport, offering a wide range of activities in pursuit of its objectives. These activities fall into the following broad headings:* Worship and Prayer* Exploring Christianity* Supporting Life's Journey* World and Neighbourhood* Fellowship and Friendship* Involvement in our local community* Children and young people

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 unrestricted funds increased to £112,051, driven by a surplus in the coffee shop, despite an overall net outgoing of £15,652 for the year. The trustees note that the property renovation reserve remains an aspiration to strengthen due to significant building maintenance needs, but confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations.

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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Sarah Parkinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Thornley
• Carole Lomax
• Catherine Armstrong
• Christine Hall BEd
• Claire Louise Lee
• Dr Anna-Louise Power MBChB
• Gillian Day
• JOHN BENVIE FCII, ACIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN CHARLES THORNLEY
• JOHN PHILIP SANDFORD
• Kenneth Martin Low
• Lynne Ormiston
• Nigel Day · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Ian Melvyn Hall OBE
• Rosemary Winifred Lumb BSc Hons
• Susan Elizabeth Graham

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

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