SHERWOOD METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1133934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

72 services of public worship are held each year.3 groups for children and young people run regularly. 4 groups for adults meet weekly for discussion, study and prayer. Fund raising events held to help local and national charities.Premises are made available for a wide range of local community groups.

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.

Causes: Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a fairly strong financial position with reserves at a healthy level, although the General Fund experienced a net payment deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted cash assets of £104,184 and aims to maintain six months of General Fund expenditure in uncommitted free reserves. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev RICHARD JOHN BYASSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alice McGregor
• Anthony Richard Farr · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRIAN SHAW · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dave Maware
• Helen Snowball · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Florence Whiting
• Jane Lewis
• Jane Rachael Edwards
• Josephine Anne Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Compton · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET RUTH JONES
• Malcolm Ernest Sharp
• Marguerite Rosemary Carter
• Michael John Clifford
• Paul Osborne
• Rachel Helen Tavener
• Robert John Chandler
• Susan Elizabeth Cooper

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

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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