TRURO METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1131902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TMC

To serve the community of Truro through religious, social and spiritual activities for a full age range of people. To provide a safe place for mutual support and development where each person can achieve their full God-given potential. To promote, through teaching and discussion the principles and lifestyle of the Christian faith.

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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Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted free reserves of £393,000 currently exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £194,000, which is derived from a requirement to hold six months of unrestricted expenditure and a capital reserve. The charity received a significant grant of £952,000 for the Truro Community Hub project during the year, contributing to a substantial increase in net assets. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group Chartered Accountants. 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
• 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
• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 07/07/2026, 7 days after the 30/06/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Revd Mark Dunn-Wilson — Superintendent Minister (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Reported reserves equal ~14.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Gendall
• DAVID CROCKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Edward Penrose
• David Rabey
• David Smith
• Helen Nicholson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hilary Margaret Boaden
• JANET TREDREA
• Janet Crocker
• Jayne Thomas
• Joanne Margaret Harris
• John Mellor
• John Wallace
• Kathleen Tinkler
• Kenneth Tinkler
• Margaret Issaka
• Nicholas Stephen Littler · trustee of 1 other charity
• PHILIP LLOYD DAVEY
• Pamela Carbis
• Rev Rory James Dalgliesh
• Rita Soper
• Robert Girvan
• Stephen William Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stuart Richard Flowerday
• Susn Marie Littler
• Tim Wellings
• Timothy Bersey
• Tina Buddle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wendy Forman

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Side by side with its peers

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