WESTBOROUGH METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1133833 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious activities

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 achieved a surplus of £149,203 for the year, largely driven by a legacy receipt, bringing total funds to £1,668,068. The trustees report that liquid unrestricted reserves of £362,746 are sufficient to meet the stated policy target of six months' normal expenditure. The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Graham Ronald Morganchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANNE YVONNE JEFFERY
• BRIAN VINCENT MOORE
• COLIN TREVOR ADAMSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Carol Evans
• ELIZABETH ANN BULL · trustee of 1 other charity
• ENID MAY HODGSON
• ISABEL PLEWES
• JOHN HASTINGS · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Ritchie · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARGARET PATRICIA MOLLON
• MARTIN JAMES USHER · trustee of 1 other charity
• MOLLY DARGIE
• Mark Andrew Hamblin
• NEIL MOULD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Walsh Bean
• WENDY BROWN
• WENDY LOUISE WILSON

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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