SOUTH ESSEX METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious orgainsation

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 unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover six months of expenditure, meeting the charity's stated policy target. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £322,775 for the year, driven largely by the sale of a church property, while operational expenditure exceeded income from assessments and investments.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (98% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annabelle Williams
• BARBARA ANN EVERETT
• CLARE LOUISE NICE
• Catherine Beckwith
• Charlie Wyper
• Colleen Weedon
• DAWN GILBERT
• Elizabeth Anne Read · trustee of 1 other charity
• GILLIAN NOEL MILDRED SUTTON
• GRAHAM HODGSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Rogers
• Gillian Wilcox
• Hannah Harris
• Heather Ashworth · trustee of 1 other charity
• JENNIFER MARIE ANGELA HYLTON-THOMPSON
• Jeffrey John Bell
• MR KEN COWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maureen Annette Ross
• Maureen McPherson
• Michael Hawkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Wood
• Rev Fiona Smith
• Rev George Quarm
• Rev Moses Kweku Agyam · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Burton
• Stephen Nice
• TERESA SANGER
• WENDY CRAYDEN

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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