METHODIST CHURCH REDHILL AND EAST GRINSTEAD CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1133918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of sacred places (buildings) for prayer and contemplation. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas financially

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 SUBSIDIARY 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 free unrestricted reserves stood at £379,738, which is below the stated policy target of three times the annual manse maintenance allocation. The charity reported a net deficit for the year and faces a material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern due to the risk of churches being unable to pay their assessments.

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.

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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Robert Willock · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLIVE PETER COLEMAN
• Christine Carol O'Donnell
• David John Hewer
• Diane Collins
• Dr Simon Harold Bruce · trustee of 1 other charity
• ELIZABETH MARY GREGORY
• Edison Madakudya · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gill George
• Helen Greaves · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN PATTISON · trustee of 4 other charities
• Jacqui Waters
• Jennifer Margaret Barnes
• Joyce Elizabeth Jordan · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR C G RIDGWAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR K J NEWBURY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS R E WILLOCK · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS S JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL RICHARD FOX · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAULINE JANET NEWTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Patricia Kathleen Oakley · trustee of 1 other charity
• REV C MCKIE
• Rev Benjamin Scrivens · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Elisabeth Brooks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Gillian Baalham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Ann Ford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Nelson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tim Bentley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey · West Sussex

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