NORTH HERTS METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1133930 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our mission is to be a powerful spiritual influence in the community and a visible expression of God's inclusive love. We aim to achieve this by encouraging, through the churches in our Circuit, the worship, social, and outreach activities that currently exist, and seeking new ways to extend to others the fellowship of the Church family.

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 Circuit achieved an unrestricted surplus of £33,899 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Reserves excluding manses assets total £613,493, which the trustees confirm exceeds the policy requirement to hold six months of costs and grant commitments.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (66% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Allison Ffinch
• Barbara Cook
• Catherine Edmonds
• Chandrika Perera
• DAVID LATTER MA
• Deacon M Knowles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr SARA CROWLEY
• Georgina Offei
• Gill Hughes
• IAN BRAKENBURY
• JOHN WILLIAM SHARMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Janet Tackley
• Jeremy Sawyerr
• Jonathan Lindsay Battarbee MA CPFA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kenneth Sharpe
• MRS SUE CHASTNEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• PETER DAVIES
• PETER DRON BED
• REV JULIAN BLAKEMORE BA, ACIB
• Rev Emmanuel Onabanjo
• Rev JOHN WHITTLE BD MPHIL
• Rev Jacob Donkoh · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Zdzisiu Hendzel
• Victor Evans

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire

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