Blackpool and South Fylde Methodist Circuit

Registered charity 1134142 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH FYLDE METHODIST CIRCUIT

The advancement of:a) The Chrtistian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline of the Methodist Church;b) Any charitable purpose of any Connexional, District, Circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church, including any institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;c) Any purpose of any charity subsidiary or ancillary to 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 the Circuit reported a net movement in funds of £5,785 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by a deficit on the General Fund offset by surpluses in other funds. The trustees confirm the Circuit is a going concern with total net assets of £3,100,986, which significantly exceeds the stated reserves policy target of approximately £200,000 (six months' expenditure).

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~109.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (94% 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

• ANN HEARNE
• Andrew Charles Barrett
• Clare Harris
• David Banks
• David Roger Leach · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dawn Cheetham
• Deacon Kim Louise Gabbatiss BSc Hons · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dorothy Chatterton
• EILEEN MARY BEEDLE
• Gillian Mary Womersley
• IAN WOMERSLEY
• JEAN KINLOCH ADAM
• JENNIFER LYN BREARE GRSM ARMCM
• Jacqueline Eltoft
• Janette Ann Farley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Allcock · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanne Alice Walmsley · trustee of 1 other charity
• KATHARINE DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn Pritchard
• Kenneth Davitt
• Laura Ann Gill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucinda Baldwin
• MARGARET JEAN PORTER
• MELVYN NAYLOR SLATER
• MICHAEL BELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL GEOFFREY CHRISTOPHER STEELE-EDWARDS
• MONICA HAYES BISSETT
• Mark John Walmsley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Ardron
• PATRICIA MARGARET HIRST
• Patricia Brown
• Patricia Mustoe
• Pauline Scott
• RICHMOND ARTHUR NEALE
• Raymond Brown
• Rev Andrew Halstead · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Barrie Lees
• Rev Janet Pybon
• Rev Stephen Noel Heath · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev stuart WILD · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lancashire

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