ILFRACOMBE AND BARNSTAPLE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious Activities

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 the Circuit held net current assets of £272,047 as of 31 August 2025, providing approximately 24 months of expenditure cover. The trustees report that reserves are managed to meet a policy target of 12 months' average expenditure, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during the examination.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON ANN CASEY
• ALISON CAIRNS
• CHRIS COMER
• CHRISTINE ANN SMITH
• GEOFFREY HARDING
• HEATHER PAULINE BOLT
• Janet Marshall
• Jennifer Newman
• Joan Cole Deacon
• KATHLEEN MARY JEACOCK
• MARY GRAHAM FORD
• PAMELA ANNE LEY
• Rev MARGARET JOHNSON
• Rev MARILYN JUDITH TRICKER
• Rev Tracey Darling
• SUSAN ELIZABETH CRESSWELL
• Sandy Peters
• Sheralee Devitt Deacon
• Susan Kendall
• WILLIAM ROY RIDD-JONES

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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