THE BRAMHALL AND WYTHENSHAWE CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRAMHALL METHODIST CIRCUIT

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 charity reported a deficit of £18,599 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with expenditure exceeding income due to challenges in congregational giving and property hire. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £326,000, which the trustees report provides approximately six months of cover for budgeted expenditure. The trustees anticipate that financial challenges will persist in the coming years, requiring the use of reserves to offset anticipated deficits.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by McKellens Ltd. 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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

• AVRIL MARY TUCKER BENG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bob Thomson
• Claire Lee
• David Henry James · trustee of 5 other charities
• Deborah Jane Brazier
• Dr Judith Ann Ream
• ELIZABETH AINSWORTH
• EUPHEMIA JANET HOUGHTON
• Elizabeth Anne Spinks
• GREG DAVIS
• IRENE HAMMOND
• Ian Douglas Kennedy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Peter Castledine · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN BENVIE FCII, ACIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN SPENCER REAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Edwards
• John Fraser Ross
• Judith Castledine
• Julie Hassell
• Kathryn Margaret Pipping
• LYNNE HODSON
• MARGARET LLOYD BA
• MARY ROSE LANGTON
• Malcolm John Cockill
• Margaret Parker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Adoley Quaye
• Maurice William Turnpenney
• Nadine Ibe
• Nicholas Daniel Harding
• Nigel Gold Sidney Day
• Nigel Howard Neary
• PRAVEEN BHOOPATHI JAYAPRAKASAM BPT PHYSIO
• Pamela Anne Howie BA · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT RICHARDS
• Rev Alistair Stephen Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Charles John Nevin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev IAN WILLIAM SMART · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev KATHLEEN LOUGHLIN
• Rev Sarah Jane Parkin
• Roberta Gerrard

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Manchester City · Stockport

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