SALISBURY METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Produce a quarterly preaching plan to ensure regular acts of worshiptake place at each of the 12 Methodist Churches in the Circuit. Supervise and train local preachers and other office holders. The Circuit is directly involved with the chaplaincy services at the local hospital. We confirm that the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds approximately 3 months of cover for expenditure, which is in line with its stated reserves policy. The charity reports a net income of £727,218 for the year, driven largely by donations and property transfers, while total charitable expenditure was £375,991. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fawcetts LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Revd Dr Mark Cheetham — Superintendant Minister (source)
• Revd Denise Binks — Circuit Minister (source)
• Revd Dorothy Pipet — Circuit Minister (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Mark John Cheethamchair
• Andrew Ledger
• Anita Tanner
• BERNARD ROBERT
• Beverley Lyn Turner
• Christine Dorice Fordham
• DIANNE CAROL ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Roger Wooldridge
• Deacon Selina Jane Nisbett
• Derek John Fisher
• Diana Stuart Noble
• Dorothy Ruth Jones
• Fiona Jane Sherman
• GRACE ELIZABETH CHICK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Elizabeth Cook
• Graham James Tanner
• IAN VICTOR HARDY
• JANET ANN HARDY
• Jacqueline Ann Saunders
• James Gillings · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Bathurst
• Joy Aylen
• Joy Christine Davey
• LILIAN MARY FOYNES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Hayman
• Lynne Spring
• Moira Burton
• Nana Annan
• Rev Dorothy Anne Pipet
• Rev Dr Peter James Howson
• SARAH ELIZABETH SANKEY
• Susan Elisabeth Holmes
• VALERIE ANNE LIVERSIDGE

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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Side by side with its peers

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