Berkshire and Hampshire Borders Methodist Circuit

Registered charity 1134891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BASINGSTOKE AND READING METHODIST CIRCUIT, READING AND SILCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT

Promoting christianity by enabling the provision of regular acts of worship in local churches that are open to all. Facilitating the provision of sacred spaces for prayer, contemplation and activities within local communities. Encouraging christian teaching. Local and international Christian outreach, enabling teaching and support through pastoral work, courses and activities.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £13,530,391 following a merger and significant investment gains. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least 12 months. Reserves for annual operating expenditure exceed the stated policy targets.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 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 (60% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Martin Pieter Beukeschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ALISON MARGARET HUTCHINS
• ANDREW JOHN BILLINGTON
• Alan James Harland · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew John House
• Brenda Caborn · trustee of 2 other charities
• Charmian Harrison
• Christina Ann Westcombe
• Christine Mabel Margaret Thomas
• Christine Merryl Vallis · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Edwin Cliffe · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Michael Gunton
• Donald Kaye Fraser
• GRACE MERCER
• Georgina Valentina Tagoe
• Gillian Margaret Porter
• Gillian Mary Lawson
• Heather Elaine Symons
• Helen Batterby
• Helen Khan
• Ian Stuart Pollard
• JENNIFER MARY BARTTER
• Jacqueline Diane Bath
• Jeanette Louise Smith
• Joan Rosemary Greenhalgh
• Joanne Lesley Murray
• Jonathan Leslie Skeet · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Anne Frost
• Kathleen Ann Eaves
• Keith Vaughan Cable
• Kenneth Fordjour
• Kim Suzanne Crawley
• Lesley Jean Skeavington
• Linda Ann Langridge
• Linda Irene May Hoe
• Margaret Ann Marina Hayes
• Martin John Goodwin
• Michael Albert Kimber
• Michael David Smith
• Michael Thomas Parker · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Reading · West Berkshire · Wokingham

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