SOUTHPORT METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are the UK Methodist Church in Southport (including Scarisbrick). It supports the Presbyters and staff with administration. Where directed by its Managing Trustees, through the Circuit Meeting, it supports other charities with small donations.

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 deficit of £56,065 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a significant reversal from the previous year's surplus. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £685,757, which exceeds its stated policy target of four months' general expenditure.

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
• 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
• 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 ~25.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Malcolm Tate · trustee of 3 other charities
• Barry James Stewart · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brenda Domville
• Brian James Davey
• Christopher George Hall · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Hugh Campbell
• Dr Dominic Gerald Bray · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Mugill Morris
• Gillian Mary Moor · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN WRIGHT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Irene Nora Watts
• JANET TAYLOR-HOLMES
• Janet Anne Bowker
• Jennifer Wallbanks
• Joyce Williamson
• LESLEY GODDARD
• MARGARET CROSBY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Harwood
• PAMELA MAY O'MALLEY
• PETER ALAN TAYLOR-HOLMES
• Patrica Ann Wright
• Peter James Musker
• Peter Jones
• REV PATRICK MICHAEL EVANS · trustee of 1 other charity
• RUTH CAROL LANE SRC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Bray
• Ray Flanagan
• Rev Derek Westerdale Bowker
• Rev Ernest Grimshaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Sheila Elizabeth Prest
• SHIRLEY ANNE POTTS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sally Deborah Eyes BSc
• Stephen Hardiman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Patricia Yelland · trustee of 2 other charities
• William Mark Pickering

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Sefton

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