THE METHODIST CHURCH NOTTINGHAM & DERBY DISTRICT

Registered charity 1134172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Management structure promoting the work of Circuits and implement Conference decisions. Synods which authorise the District's work. Pastoral support for ministers and deacons. Promote mission through evangelism and ecumenical links. Guidance and promotion of best safeguarding practice for children and vulnerable adults. Resourcing ministerial training. Grants to circuits for mission projects.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £501,662, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £159,054 for the year, supported by significant incoming resources from circuit assessments and grants.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~29.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW WILLIAM FYALL
• CLIFFORD LEWER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carole Elaine Thorpe
• IAN DAVID PICKERING
• MOIRA JOAN BIGGINS
• Michelle Gentle
• PAUL BRIAN CARVER · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL RICHARD TAYLOR
• Rev Helen Ruth Penfold · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Mark Douglas Roberts · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Nicola Ann Briggs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosemary Farrow · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sharon Carolyn Croucher · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire · Staffordshire

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