HINCKLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134382 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious and Community 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 Circuit reported a net expenditure for the year, with total income of £225,797 against total charitable expenditure of £238,695. The trustees confirm the Circuit is a going concern, supported by unrestricted funds of £1,154,792 and significant investment assets held with TMCP.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~24.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (86% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN KEITH WARE · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANN JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• ARTHUR KENNETH BENNETT
• Adrian David Stone
• CHRISTINE ARMSTRONG · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER GEOFFREY BALL
• Chris Webb
• Colin Charles Haddon
• Deborah WATTS
• Dr Nigel Scarborough FRCGP · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Joy Ware
• JUDITH COOKE
• Jennifer Jane Birkby
• LINDA JEAN HALLAM
• MR PETE WHITE · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR WILL TAYLOR
• MRS ANNE HADDON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Malcolm Arthur Lapper
• Mandy Prosser
• Margaret Merrill
• Margaret Ruth Robinson
• Marie Elizabeth Mason · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew David Robinson
• Mrs Val Freestone
• PAULINE WARD
• RODERICK HOLYLAND
• Rachel Ann Cobb · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Edward Sakwe
• Rev MICHAEL ANDREW LOMAX
• Rev Stephen Andrew Hoggar
• Richard Charles Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Pither
• Sheila Mary Grice
• Susan Ann Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Victoria Louise Bland

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

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