DANE AND TRENT METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOW COP, BIDDULPH AND CONGLETON METHODIST CIRCUIT

Advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist church.

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net current assets were £167,000, providing approximately 12 months of expenditure cover. The charity reports a net movement in funds of -£30,783 for the year, resulting in total funds of £2,181,746. Reserves are held above the stated policy minimum of £70,000.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 21/08/2024, 52 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON JANE DULEY
• AMANDA JEAN PETERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adrian Thompson
• Alec Needham
• Alison Sherman
• Andrew John Webb
• Anna Marie Carrington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Arthur Verity
• Audrey Haydon
• BARBARA KENNERLEY
• Brian Donlon
• Brian Walker
• CHRISTINE DONLON
• Carole Taylor
• Carolyn Lovatt
• DAVID JOHN PICKLES · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dorothy Wickstead
• ELIZABETH TWEATS
• GEOFF BUTLER
• HELEN WATSON
• HERBERT BARRY DALE
• Helen Bailey
• ISOBEL WORTHINGTON
• JOHN ANDERSON
• JOHN DULEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN RIGBY WARREN
• JOHN STUART DALE
• JULIE HALMAN
• JULIE N IMBER
• Jenny Tingle
• John Funnell
• Kath Bridgett
• Kath Salt
• Keith Farr
• Kirsty Scullion
• LINDA MARJORIE ASHBROOK
• Lisa Kennerley · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARY JONES
• Margaret Lindley
• Marilyn Beckett

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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