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SOUTH WEST TYNESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1133266 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH WEST TYNESIDE CIRCUIT

Provision of buildings/facilities/resources to promote the Christian faith in accordance with the Doctrinal Standards of the Methodist Church through Methodist Churches worshipping and witnessing together for Christ in South West Tyneside

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Latest income
£455k
Latest spending
£369k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net unrestricted assets were £432,212 as of 31st August 2025, with total funds carried forward of £446,093. The charity reports that it would have exceeded financial targets but used reserves due to pension repayment timing and grant differences. The reserves policy requires holding a minimum sum equivalent to four months of average expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months average expenditure (held: £432k)
“The reserves policy for the circuit is to hold a minimum sum equivalent to 4 months average expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Total income
£654k
Total spending
£433k
Reserves (reported)
£338k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£455k£369k
31/08/2024£387k£385k
31/08/2023£319k£405k
31/08/2022£312k£319k
31/08/2021£654k£433k

Common questions

Is SOUTH WEST TYNESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net unrestricted assets were £432,212 as of 31st August 2025, with total funds carried forward of £446,093. The charity reports that it would have exceeded financial targets but used reserves due to pension repayment timing and grant differences. The reserves policy requires holding a minimum sum equivalent to four months of average expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East23/03/2023£1kGrant to South West Tyneside Methodist Circuit
Community Foundation North East16/09/2021£9kA grant to South West Tyneside Methodist Circuit

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEST METHODIST CIRCUIT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH WEST TYNESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT£455k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEST METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£387k—0above—no doubt
TADCASTER METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£585k—0unclear—no doubt
TYNEDALE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£417k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH EAST NORTHUMBERLAND METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£290k—0below—no doubt
SALTASH WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt

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