TELFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To oversee, support and encourage 20 local Churches and Local Ecumencial Partnerships in fulfilling their aims by providing:a mission policy so that work can be developed and reviewed;full-time ministry personnel to support and enable that work;a Quarterly Plan of Services so that worship is available for all people;training for local volunteers;grants for property development.

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 net expenditure of £88,026 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,453,036 to £2,365,010. The trustees' report indicates that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,245,494, which is above the stated policy target of three months' annual expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~50.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (57% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALASTAIR JAMES BATTRICK · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALISON LANG · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW INGRAHAM EVANS
• ANGELA MILLICENT KIDD
• Adrian Burdon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Evans
• Anne Cuthbert
• BRIAN CLARKE OAKLEY
• Barbara Christine Harrison
• Barry Stephan
• Bill Tomlinson
• Catherine Clayton
• Celia Pamela Talbot
• Chris Rayner
• DAVID COLLINGTON
• David John Corden
• Diane Elizabeth Parkin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diane Radford
• Eric Boachie
• Eunice Oteng Nyarko
• Franklina Appiah
• Gary Hopkins
• JANE ANNE HOLDEN
• JOHN BRIAN PRATLEY
• JOYCE PRIDMORE
• Janet Lander
• Jo Kudlacik
• John Bowdler
• John Edward Parkin
• Karen Whitehead · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET GRACE REYNOLDS
• MR BRYYN THOMAS BEECH
• Marcelle Kite · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marcus Branson
• Martin Okang Adjetey
• Mary Donaldson
• REV DERRICK RODNEY LANDER
• RICHARD WALTER LANGLEY
• RITA MARY POWELL
• ROBERT YAPP

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE METHODIST CHURCH NOTTINGHAM SOUTH CIRCUIT.

• THE METHODIST CHURCH NOTTINGHAM SOUTH CIRCUIT income £327k
• WIRRAL METHODIST CIRCUIT income £784k
• LAMBETH CIRCUIT METHODIST CHURCH income £490k
• CARDIFF METHODIST CIRCUIT income £419k
• SOUTH EAST NORTHUMBERLAND METHODIST CIRCUIT income £290k
• AIRE AND CALDER METHODIST CIRCUIT income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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