BERKSHIRE SURREY BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH EAST BERKSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Provision of regular public acts of worship open to members of the church and non-membersalike; Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved; Promotion of Christian activitiesthrough the staging of events and services; Supporting other charities in the UK and overseasfinancially and with prayer.

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 subsiduary 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 for the year ending 31 August 2025 include a Trustees' Report and an Independent Examiner's Report, indicating compliance with statutory filing requirements. Specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure are not provided in the visible text, preventing a detailed assessment of financial health.

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 3 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev CATHERINE BOWSTEADchair
• Andrew Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Peter Knight
• Benjamin Spain BSc Hons · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brian A Gennery MBE, Dr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Elizabeth Morgan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Elizabeth Rooke-Matthews · trustee of 3 other charities
• David Dickinson Vaughan Morgan
• Elizabeth Ann Bush · trustee of 1 other charity
• GRAHAM FRADGLEY BSC, CENG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Geoff Peck · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hazel Irene Gennery · trustee of 1 other charity
• Heather Maureen Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Henry Hamilton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Ann Bonney BA Hons · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Hoskins BSc, FRICS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joseph Kwadwo Nsiah FCMA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Ann Jones · trustee of 2 other charities
• Keg Glossop · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kerry Lynn Weir · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kim Patricia Tame BTh, ACIM · trustee of 2 other charities
• LEE KIRK ELMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lynne Paine BSc · trustee of 1 other charity
• MALCOLM SOUTER · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARY GLAUERT · trustee of 2 other charities
• Margaret Anne Wells · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michael Bush · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pauline Matondo BA
• Rev Sharon Gardner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Sobanathasar Sinnathamby BD
• Robert Clark · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert John Godden M.A · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sandra Fogwill FCMA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sharon Wright · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Hampshire · Surrey · Wokingham

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