CENTRAL SUSSEX UNITED AREA

Registered charity 1134357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ. To teach, baptise and nurture believers. To respond to human need by loving service. To seek to transform unjust social structures of society. To strive to safeguard the integrity or creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.

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 surplus of £266,784 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £770,594 against expenditure of £503,810. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £348,529, which they consider sufficient to maintain activities for three to six months of expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Caladine Limited. 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN NEVILLE COLGATE
• Adrian James Morris
• Andrew David Feasey
• Andrew David Ferris
• Angela Bridget Jenkins
• Bernard John Dignum
• CAROLYN FRANCES AUGER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol Jewell
• Daniel Ellison McQuillin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Brenda Vance
• Heather Johnson
• Helen Abel
• Hugh Cochrane Young · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEREMY NIGEL HALLETT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Walton
• Janice May Crompton
• Jennifer Ann Gandy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Dorothy Macfadyen
• Kathleen Shaw
• Neil Graham Fisher
• Rev ANDREW SIMON CHRISTIAN MELVIN
• Rev Ann Caffyn
• Rev BRIDGET JANE BANKS
• Rev Barbara Theresa Evans-Routley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev KEITH JAMES MORRISON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Memona Shahbaz · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Paul Simon Tabraham
• Rev William Fletcher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Maurice Drake

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

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