WEST SOMERSET METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide space for prayer and worship. To provide facilities for the local communities through the upkeep of our buildings. To provide opportunities for people to gather safely in rural areas. To provide parent and toddler groups and respond to any situation that will benefit the community as a whole. To help people in need.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£264k

Latest spending

£243k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The West Somerset Methodist Circuit reported a net deficit of £58,362 for the year ended 31 August 2024, resulting in a decrease in total cash funds held from £340,575 to £280,786. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Andrew Richard Daychair · trustee of 4 other charities
ANDREW MERVYN THOMAS BRANFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
Alison Clare Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity
CLIVE CHARLES WOOLDRIDGE · trustee of 1 other charity
Carol Elizabeth Janet Gill
Christine Hope · trustee of 1 other charity
Clive Longhurst
Elizabeth Westlake · trustee of 1 other charity
Gillian Mary Tapp
Haydn Sperring · trustee of 1 other charity
Howard Mounfield · trustee of 1 other charity
JEAN ARMIN · trustee of 2 other charities
MARGARET CATHERINE LINTERN · trustee of 1 other charity
MARGARET FLORENCE NEVELL · trustee of 1 other charity
MARGARET IRENE HILL · trustee of 1 other charity
Marilyn Ruth Jennings
Rev JANE MARGARET SPERRING · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev LINDA BARRIBALL · trustee of 1 other charity
SUSAN ELIZABETH ROSE · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy John Hedgecock · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£264k	£243k
31/08/2024	£145k	£204k
31/08/2023	£162k	£158k
31/08/2022	£129k	£114k
31/08/2021	£295k	£148k

Common questions

Is WEST SOMERSET METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The West Somerset Methodist Circuit reported a net deficit of £58,362 for the year ended 31 August 2024, resulting in a decrease in total cash funds held from £340,575 to £280,786. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£27k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST DURHAM CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.

EAST DURHAM CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £149k
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT income £574k
The Methodist Church in West Somerset income £166k
SOMERSET MENDIP CIRCUIT - METHODIST CHURCH income £482k
NORTH EAST SOMERSET & BATH METHODIST CIRCUIT income £704k
The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City income £156k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WEST SOMERSET METHODIST CIRCUIT	£264k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST DURHAM CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH FY2024	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£574k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Methodist Church in West Somerset FY2025	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOMERSET MENDIP CIRCUIT - METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£482k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH EAST SOMERSET & BATH METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£704k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.