THE METHODIST CHURCH - BOLTON CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing ministerial and other support for Methodist churches in the Bolton Circuit

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's total funds increased to £4,012,978, driven largely by property revaluations and the sale of a church building. The trustees consider the finances to be in a healthy position, with sufficient resources to maintain operations and cover management costs for at least six months. There are no disclosed material risks or uncertainties that would prevent the charity from continuing its objects.

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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~100.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (82% 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: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Christopher Neil Pritchardchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alison Louise Davies
• Anne Slater
• Brian Gordon Jackson
• COLIN NELSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Charles Edward Venables
• Christine Tickle
• DAVID HARTLEY
• DOUG HEARN
• Derek Jones
• Dr John Anthony Harbottle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Ann Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• FRANK WORSLEY
• Fiona Elizabeth Gorton
• GILLIAN PATRICIA PLATT
• GLENNYS ELIZABETH ASTLEY
• George Howard Stanton Masters BSc
• Glen Carl Atkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Geoffrey Ashford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• HELEN LOUISE CHARLTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• HELEN MARY STUART
• Helen Bolton
• Hilda Keenan
• JULIE OWEN
• Jeffrey Millington · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jeffrey Thomas Layer
• John Charles Skipworth
• Kathleen Mabel Glen
• MARTIN ANTHONY MERCER
• MAUREEN HAWKSWORTH · trustee of 2 other charities
• MICHAEL JOHN BAINBRIDGE
• Mary Riley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michael Hawksworth · trustee of 2 other charities
• PATRICIA JEAN TAYLOR
• Paul Raymond Cohen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pauline Anne Booth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Dennis Firth MBA
• Peter Egerton Holland
• Peter Green · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Bolton · Bury

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE PETERBOROUGH CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £304k
• THE METHODIST CHURCH - BIRMINGHAM (SUTTON PARK) CIRCUIT income £400k
• THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON income £668k
• COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT income £235k
• VALE OF STOUR METHODIST CIRCUIT income £276k
• HASTINGS BEXHILL & RYE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £695k

Side by side with its peers

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