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

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.

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.