WHARFEDALE & AIREBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1132357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OTLEY & AIREBOUROUGH METHODIST CHURCH CIRCUIT

The provision of regular public acts of worship open to members of the church and non-members alike. The teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Promotion of Christianity through the staging of events and services. Supporting other charities 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased by £254k to £3,334k, reflecting the purchase of a new manse. The charity holds cash reserves equivalent to 3 months' General Fund expenditure plus restricted funds, resulting in a surplus of £22,901 against its reserves policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev TIMOTHY MARK PERKINSchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alan Sheath
• Annie Jeanne MacNeal Baker-Streevy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bernard John Neville
• Carol Margaret Newton
• Christopher Mark MacIntosh-Dixon · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Halstead
• Deacon Elizabeth Jane Day · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr David Gouldesbrough
• George Edward Auterson · trustee of 1 other charity
• HEATHER NEWELL
• Hilary Murden
• JUDITH MARGARET ELLIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jalna Jane Jenkins
• Janet Thompson
• Jean Snaith · trustee of 1 other charity
• John David Burland · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Facer Tattersall
• Jonathan Hugh Walker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Nordby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Juliana Caukwell
• KATHLEEN LING
• Keith Andrew Reed
• Lindsey Jean Hurst · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lionel William Derry
• MARJORIE EMSLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL EDWARD FAWCETT
• MICHAEL JOHN NOBLE · trustee of 3 other charities
• Margaret Elizabeth Fielding
• Neil Andrew Moffoot
• Norman Edward Sykes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pamela Smith
• Patricia Gillian Bastow · trustee of 1 other charity
• Penelope Anne Gwilt · trustee of 1 other charity
• REV Roberta Topham
• REVEREND RITA ARMITAGE
• RICHARD FRANK LOWE
• Rev Malcolm Cameron Stirk
• Rev Shannon Casey DeLaureal
• Sarah Morrish

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

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