PENKETH METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1132809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Regular public acts of worship to which all are welcome, whether or not Church members Smaller meetings (House Groups) enabling members and others to develop in their Christian faithProvision of support for specific groups within the church and local communityReaching out to the local community through (among others) the employment of a Children/Young Peoples worker and a Family worker

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 reserves decreased by £11,162 to £23,566, with the trustees describing the financial situation as 'precarious' and noting that the future looks 'very difficult' regarding the ability to pay non-discretionary running costs and the Circuit Assessment. While restricted funds remain healthy at £22,245, the overall unrestricted position shows a net deficit for the year, indicating significant pressure on the charity's liquid resources.

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: Financial Conduct Authority. 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN POWNEY
• Barbara Creamer
• DAVID MICHAEL FRANKLAND
• Elizabeth Margaret Atkins
• Helen Ruth Porter
• IAN LESLIE RAYNER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Valerie Green
• Jean Elizabeth Booth
• Joseph Whittaker
• KEITH WILLIAM GARDAM
• Lesley Jean Rodham
• Margaret Agnes Docherty
• Marjorie Ann Clare
• Pamela Rouse
• Patricia Rayner
• Rev Andrew Coombe Moffoot
• Rev Mark Harwood · trustee of 4 other charities
• STEPHEN RICHARD NEIL DEVERS
• Susan Lesley Devers
• Suzanne Conterio
• Vivien Palmer · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Warrington

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