THE GORDANO VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1133077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our aim is to encourage and enable people of all ages to become followers of Jesus Christ, and to learn and grow in the Christian faith. The Gordano Valley Methodist Circuit is committed to celebrating and sharing the good news of the Gospel - that God loves us, Jesus died for us and is risen, and the Holy Spirit gives us strength and inspiration in our daily lives.

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Latest income

£286k

Latest spending

£245k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total income of £286,366 and dispersed £244,609, resulting in a net incoming resource of £41,757. Per the trustees' report, the Circuit is a going concern with sufficient cash reserves to cover anticipated shortfalls and maintain agreed minimum reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months’ expenditure (excluding Ministers’ stipends), half of which is to be held by the Circuit with half to be held by circuit churches, plus, ordinarily, around one year’s budgeted expenditure on manse maintenance, a £1,000 allowance for mission initiatives and an allowance for future stationing costs (held: £113k)

“The Circuit has agreed to maintain a minimum reserve (measured as total funds less fixed assets) based on four months’ expenditure (excluding Ministers’ stipends), half of which is to be held by the Circuit with half to be held by circuit churches, plus, ordinarily, around one year’s budgeted expenditure on manse maintenance, a £1,000 allowance for mission initiatives and an allowance for future stationing costs.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Three trustees were presbyters in receipt of a salary, costs of £125,886, travel costs of £3,077, telephone and broadband costs of £2,512 and training of £80.

“Three (2024 four) trustees were presbyters of the Circuit in receipt of a salary, costs of £125,886 (2024 £149,403), travel costs of £3,077 (2024 £3,316), telephone and broadband costs of £2,512 (2024 £2,898) and training of £80 (2024 £33).” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN CHARLES EMERY
Alexander Edmund Pett
Anthony John Hemus
BRENDA ELIZABETH THOMPSON
Barbara Hook · trustee of 1 other charity
COUNCILLOR SUSAN ANN MASON · trustee of 1 other charity
Carolyn Waite
Cheryl Amanda Gale
Christine Joyce Legge
Christine Mary Nutting
DAVID EDWARD MARKALL · trustee of 1 other charity
DEBORAH JANE TOVEY
David Uncles
Elizabeth Lynn Marsh
Heather Mary Bentley
JULIE ANN BAILEY
James Richards
Jane Louise Mason
Jean Balcombe
Julia Merrett
LINDA POWELL
Malcolm John Fisher · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Anne Sutherland
Martin Buckley
Neville Ferguson Adams
Nigel Stuart Hardman · trustee of 1 other charity
PETER GEOFFREY TODD · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip George Arthur Baldwin
REV DAVID GEORGE SHARP MA BD · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev BRIAN JOHN HUNT
Rev CAROLE CHALLIS · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev DAVID JEFFREY HARRIS MA, DIP TH
Rev IAN DONALD BOWLEY
Rev Michael Pullan
Rev Nick Moxon
Rev PETER BARCLAY MORTLOCK
Rev Philip Andrew Edward Challis
Rev Preben With Andersen
Rev Sally Ratcliffe · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Hugh Lancaster

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£286k	£245k
31/08/2024	£309k	£326k
31/08/2023	£299k	£274k
31/08/2022	£296k	£292k
31/08/2021	£280k	£283k

Common questions

Is THE GORDANO VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received total income of £286,366 and dispersed £244,609, resulting in a net incoming resource of £41,757. Per the trustees' report, the Circuit is a going concern with sufficient cash reserves to cover anticipated shortfalls and maintain agreed minimum reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.