Derbyshire North East Methodist Circuit

Registered charity 1133796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTERFIELD METHODIST CIRCUIT

The Methodist Circuit is a local organisation which supports and guides the work of all Methodist churches within the Derbyshire North East area, in accordance with The Constitutional Practice 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 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 unrestricted reserves of £216,918 were maintained above the stated policy minimum of six months' operational expenditure, although year-on-year cash balances have declined. The charity received an independent examiner's report confirming that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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 5 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 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~12.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (90% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Mark Carrickchair
• Agnes MacCall Tranter
• Alexander Thomas Nathaniel Bradley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alyson Franks
• Angela June Walker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Buck
• Bradley Thomas Billy Goddon-Smith
• David Green
• Deborah Andrews
• Eileen Cooper
• Emma Louise Green
• FRANK HENRY BACON
• Gerard Eric Vaughan
• Gillian Mary King · trustee of 1 other charity
• Glenys May Clinton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hazel Collins
• Hazel Eileen Stimpson
• Hazel Madin
• Heather Bernice Nicklin
• JOHN WALTER FIDLER
• Jean Metcalfe
• Jill Gertrude Ramsdale
• John Cowie
• John Graham Hawkins
• Jonathan Hood
• Judith Margaret Cornwall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Wickins
• Lois Newton
• Louise Ann Mount
• MARGARET CHINNERY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL DAVID SPRIGGS
• Malcom Ernest Webster
• Margaret Rowley · trustee of 1 other charity
• NOELINE PATRICIA WILKINS CQSW
• Norma Graham
• Norman William Buck
• Patrick John Sabin
• REV PAUL RIGBY KING BA
• Rebecca Swallow
• Reginald Rodda · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

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