ST NEOTS AND HUNTINGDON METHODIST CHURCH CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1132338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting circuit churches in the provision of regular public acts of worship, sacred space (buildings) for prayer and contemplation, pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved.The promotion of Christianity through the staging of events and services, sermons, courses and small groups.Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas financially and with prayer.

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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Registered contact address: Huntingdonshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£357k
Latest spending
£307k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,463,186, which are below its stated policy target of a minimum of £100,000 (representing six months of operating expenditure). The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, although trustees note inherent uncertainty regarding the long-term future due to reduced income and increased costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operating expenditure, currently expected to be a minimum of £100,000 (held: £1.5m)
“the Circuit aims to hold an average of six months operating expenditure in general reserves, currently expected to be a minimum of £100,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£357k£307k
31/08/2024£461k£270k
31/08/2023£243k£254k
31/08/2022£209k£241k
31/08/2021£227k£233k

Common questions

Is ST NEOTS AND HUNTINGDON METHODIST CHURCH CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,463,186, which are below its stated policy target of a minimum of £100,000 (representing six months of operating expenditure). The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, although trustees note inherent uncertainty regarding the long-term future due to reduced income and increased costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUTTON METHODIST CIRCUIT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST NEOTS AND HUNTINGDON METHODIST CHURCH CIRCUIT£357k—0unclear—no doubt
SUTTON METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£389k—0above—no doubt
ROCHDALE & LITTLEBOROUGH METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£428k—0above—no doubt
THE METHODIST CHURCH NOTTINGHAM & DERBY DISTRICT FY2025£962k—0unclear—no doubt
THE METHODIST CHURCH NOTTINGHAM SOUTH CIRCUIT FY2025£327kUp to £60,0000unclear—no doubt
NORTH SHIELDS & WHITLEY BAY METHODIST CHURCH CIRCUIT FY2025£582k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.