LINCOLNSHIRE METHODIST DISTRICT

Registered charity 1134228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINCOLN AND GRIMSBY METHODIST DISTRICT

THE PROVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES. PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY THROUGH THE STAGING OF EVENTS AND ACTS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. PROVIDING ADVOCACY, ADVICE,TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINISTERS AND LAY PERSONS; INFORMATION FOR CIRCUITS IN THE DISTRICT. GIVING FINANCIAL AID TO CIRCUITS AND ORGANISATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the District operated with a net deficit of £19,506 for the year ended 31 August 2024, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £412,854 to £433,903 (note: total funds increased, but unrestricted funds decreased). The District holds £310,621 in unrestricted General Fund reserves, approximately 75% of which is tied up in the District manse property, with the remaining liquid unrestricted reserves being significantly lower.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (76% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev ANGELA JANE LONGchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Barry Richardson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Julie Doddrell · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hazel Ann Jackson
• Joan Elisabeth Smithson
• Rev Neil Vickers · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Robert Llewelyn Roberts
• Richard Andrew Melling
• SALLY-ANN ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.

• LONDON DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £2.4m
• METHODIST CHURCH - NORTH WEST ENGLAND DISTRICT income £7.3m
• EAST ANGLIA DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £1.5m
• YORKSHIRE NORTH AND EAST DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £3.1m
• THE METHODIST CHURCH YORKSHIRE WEST DISTRICT income £1.5m
• Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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