OXFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

The Circuit superintends the work of eleven Methodist Churches and one Local Ecumenical Partnership in its geographical area, comprising the city of Oxford, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages.

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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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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (70% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON SARA MATTHEWS
• ANN PATRICIA LECK
• Alan Timothy Bailey
• Alicia Rumsby
• BARRIE ERNEST EDWARDS
• Bryony thomas
• Catherine Mary Lines
• Christopher Andrew Butler
• DAVID JAMES JONES
• Dr Andrew Michael Quigley
• GRAHAM LINDSAY KIRBY ACIB
• JACQUELINE SANDRA WRIGHT
• JEREMY BOURNE DAWE
• JEREMY JOHN BURGESS
• JOANNA TULLOCH
• JOHN WINTERBOTTOM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Malcolm Dodds · trustee of 1 other charity
• PATRICIA CLAPTON
• PHILIP RONALD CROCKETT
• PHILIP RUMSBY
• Paul Rowland Spray
• Rev Miriam Moul
• Rev Stephen Spain
• Ruth Taylor
• Susan Jane Barratt · trustee of 3 other charities
• VIOLET MAY BANBURY

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending