BUCKLEY AND DEESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1133745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline 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 dicipline 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£289k

Latest spending

£301k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the circuit incurred a deficit of £24,000 on ordinary business after excluding a £45,000 refurbishment grant, noting this may indicate a need for future cost-cutting. The charity's reserves policy is to hold approximately fifty percent of budgeted expenditure, which the trustees deem sufficient for unforeseen major expenditures or short-term funding continuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Assessments from churches (76% of income)

“Assessments from churches providing around £130,000 of this”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: fifty per cent of budgeted expenditure

“The circuit seeks to hold approx. fifty per cent of budgeted expenditure as a reserve” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Leaving the large refurbishment grant out of the reckoning, the deficit for the year on the ordinary business of the circuit was £24,000 which may indicate the need for future cost-cutting.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints 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
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
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

ANN RUSSELL
Aileen Thomson
Barbara Commins
CAROL BROOKES
DAVID ANTHONY BLAINEY
DAVID CLARKE BEVAN
DAVID FARNSWORTH
DAVID NOEL THOMAS
ELAINE EVANS
ELLEN JONES
Elizabeth Barrows
Eryl Margaret Coppack
IDRIS WIGGLESWORTH
JANE RUTH DOWELL
JOSEPH JOHN MAXWELL
JOSEPHINE PARISH
LINDA MARY DAVIES
MARILYN JUNE MATKIN
MAUREEN ELIZABETH WALKER
MAURICE REID
MICHELE KAREN JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
MRS Georgina Anne Grass
MRS SUSAN PRITCHARD
PAMELA GRIFFITHS
PAMELA HICKS PARRY
REV ELAINE MARGARET HODGE
Rev ANDREW JONATHAN BRADLEY
Rev BERNARD CLIFFORD NIXON
Rev Patricia Christopher
SYLVIA FORD
SYLVIA JUNE DAVIES
Shan Eleri Davies
Susan Patricia Warby
WILFRED MALCOLM ELLIS

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

Operates in: Flintshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£289k	£301k
31/08/2024	£271k	£199k
31/08/2023	£171k	£187k
31/08/2022	£170k	£216k
31/08/2021	£496k	£291k

Common questions

Is BUCKLEY AND DEESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the circuit incurred a deficit of £24,000 on ordinary business after excluding a £45,000 refurbishment grant, noting this may indicate a need for future cost-cutting. The charity's reserves policy is to hold approximately fifty percent of budgeted expenditure, which the trustees deem sufficient for unforeseen major expenditures or short-term funding continuity.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT.

WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT income £574k
COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT income £235k
GOOLE AND SELBY METHODIST CIRCUIT income £267k
Nottingham North East Circuit of the Methodist Church income £985k
YORK METHODIST CIRCUIT income £860k
ALDERLEY EDGE AND KNUTSFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT income £320k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BUCKLEY AND DEESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT	£289k	—	unclear	—	noted
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£574k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£235k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOOLE AND SELBY METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£267k	—	below	—	noted
Nottingham North East Circuit of the Methodist Church FY2025	£985k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YORK METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£860k	—	above	—	no doubt

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