POYNTON METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1133699 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing a place of worship in Poynton.Maintain premises for spiritual, educational & social needs of the congregation and the wider community

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 the charity recorded a surplus of £13,981 on unrestricted funds for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £175,028. The trustees report that the charity is well equipped financially and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander John Price · trustee of 2 other charities
• BRIAN DOOLEY
• CHRISTINE JANE DING · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID DIPPIE
• DAVID WILLIAM HOLMES
• ELIZABETH CLAYTON
• Gillian Freeman
• IAN GODFREY CLAYTON
• JEAN DRINKWATER
• JENNIFER CAROLINE CAMPEN
• JOHN TURNER
• JUDITH MARY RIDGWAY
• Jane Robson
• MARGARET JOAN HAWKYARD
• MARGARET JOYCE MARTIN
• ROGER DRINKWATER
• Richard Jonathan Baker · trustee of 2 other charities
• STEWART NEVILLE BRADLEY
• SUSAN VERGHESE
• Stephen Michael Dallin · trustee of 1 other charity
• ZOE DAWSON

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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