LINCOLN METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134886 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINCOLN NORTH METHODIST CIRCUIT

Advancement of the Christian Faith by regular acts of worship, fellowship groups and pastoral careOutreach into local communities.

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 Lincoln Circuit reports total unrestricted funds of £2,415,728 against total net assets of £2,423,308, with the trustees stating that reserves are healthy and adequate to cover six months of operating expenditure. The circuit's reserves policy targets holding between three and six months of expenditure in an operating reserve, a target which the accounts indicate is met. The circuit operates with a surplus of income over expenditure for the year, supported by significant property assets valued at £1,451,551.

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 4 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
• 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 ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Richard Mottersheadchair
• Rev Richard Mottersheadchair
• ALAN MEASURES
• ANNE CANHAM BECKETT
• BARBARA HUTCHINSON
• Beryl Faulkner
• Brenda Walters
• Buddug Morwenna Fricke
• Carolyn Swann
• Catherine Elizabeth Ridley
• Christopher Matthews
• Christopher Rogalski
• DAVID VINCENT
• DR David Brown
• Deacon Helen Gardner
• Eleanor Downie
• Elizabeth Jane Willett
• Elva Muriel Van de Bos
• Gordon Daws
• Irene Heap
• Jacqueline Anne Isherwood
• Jenny Robinson
• Jill Singleton
• John Ryland
• Jonty Nowell
• Julie Ann Close-Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
• KEITH JOSEPH STEPHENSON
• Kathleen Rushton
• Keith Swann · trustee of 1 other charity
• Keith Woolhouse
• LAWRENCE JOHN LAMBERT
• LORRAINE FRANCIS OSGODBY
• Lesley Tyreman
• Linda Kirk
• Lynne Mowbray
• Marcus Philip Harborne
• Marion Manson
• Mark Thompson
• Nicole Bond
• Pat Bishop

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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