Barton, Brigg and Wolds Circuit

Registered charity 1132257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARTON & BRIGG METHODIST CIRCUIT

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 the Circuit reported a net deficit of £15,744 for the financial year ending 31st August 2025, with total income of £274,315 and total expenditure of £259,599. Despite the deficit, the trustees describe the Circuit as being in a 'good financial position', holding total cash funds of £67,767 and investments of £304,337. The Circuit operates under a reserves policy that prioritizes mission, supported by a loan scheme for churches facing unforeseen expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Christina Morgan · trustee of 1 other charity
• BILL SMITH
• BRIAN WILLIAM COOK
• Barbara Woodward
• Beryl Frances Woolf
• Brian James Field
• Brian Kenneth Brooks CiLCA MIET
• Bridget Mary Andrew
• CAROL ANN DICKINSON
• CHRISTINE MARGARET RANYELL
• Colin Tym
• DOREEN COULSON
• Geoffrey William Taylor
• George William Turner
• Glenda Taylor
• Gloria Elwick
• HEATHER BUNKER BA
• Hazel Jeanette Altoft
• Ian Dennis Short
• JEAN NORWOOD
• JOHN ROBERT MCCARTNEY BSC · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOYCE PHILLIPS
• Jacqueline Knapton
• Jane Lloyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Sheard BAHonsPGCE
• Janet Faulkner
• Janice Mary Cook
• Jean Bates
• Jennifer Margaret Rudd
• John William Pullen
• Joyce Ann Harris
• Judith Lawtey
• KATE MARR
• Kenneth George Knapton
• Lisa Marie Brooks-Sleight
• MARIE ROBERTS
• MARJORY TAYLOR
• Malcolm Ronald Woolf
• Margaret Dawson
• Margaret Joan Rands · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire

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