RUSTINGTON METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1134885 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

2 Sunday morning worship services , Junior Church, weekday services. Regular activities: Rascals Playgroup, Bible Study Groups, Coffee mornings, Stepping Stones, Young Women's Group (Mod Families).

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 state that the Managing Trustees consider the Church to be a going concern with no foreseeable factors significantly affecting financial performance. The Church holds no freehold property and relies on free-will gifts, lettings, and donations for its principal sources of funds.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev ROSEMARIE ELAINE GAYE CLARKE MAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ann Elizabeth Waters
• Brigette Ann Alexander
• Christine Mary Clarke
• Dorothy Benison
• Dr REBECCA ELIZABETH RICHARDS
• Gemma Frances Arkinstall
• Hilary Ann Colbourn · trustee of 3 other charities
• Karen Angela Mary Harrison
• Karen Ann Scrivens
• MARGARET ELIZABETH SLATTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Lax
• Philip John Carr · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT HAROLD SLATTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Dawn Carn BA
• SIMON PETER RICHARDS
• SUSAN COOPER
• SUSAN JANICE BINGHAM · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: West Sussex

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