VALE OF GLAMORGAN METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1133044 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Vale of Glamorgan Methodist Circuit acts as an umbrella body and a resource provider to the seven Methodist churches in the geographical area of the Vale of Glamorgan in accordance with the Christian Faith within the doctrinal standards and disciplne of the Methodist Church.

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 SUBSIDIARY 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 held total funds of £590,097 at the end of the year, representing a decrease from the previous year's closing balance of £646,506. The filing notes that despite staffing changes and difficulties, the circuit maintained its worship and community activities through the support of volunteers and part-time ministers.

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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~13.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (87% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW BENNETT
• ANDREW ROY GIBSON
• ANNE CHRISTINE HAMBER
• BARRY JOHN HAWKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• CAROLE CHRISTINE BRAGGINS
• CATHERINE STEELE
• CHRIS BRAGGINS
• CHRIS FOSTER
• Carol Elizabeth Hallewell
• DAVE HUTTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Ian David Severn
• Gerwyn Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian David Doble
• JANET PEDWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• JENNY CORBETT
• Janet Elizabeth Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Clive HEXTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathon Francis Barry
• Judith Lanning
• Lorraine Gittins
• Lynnette Susan Creese
• Malcolm James Hallewell
• ROY WRIGHT
• Rev Andrew Charlesworth BSc BA · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Margaret PRESDEE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosemary margaret James
• STEPHEN CLIFFORD EVANS
• TIM JEANS
• TONY FARMER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Winona Elise Hexter

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

Operates in: Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• THAMES VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT income £285k
• MID GLAMORGAN MISSION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £419k
• THE NENE VALLEY CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £182k
• THE METHODIST CHURCH - BIRMINGHAM (SUTTON PARK) CIRCUIT income £400k
• VALE OF AYLESBURY CIRCUIT income £331k
• SOMERSET MENDIP CIRCUIT - METHODIST CHURCH income £482k

Side by side with its peers

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