WEST DURHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1134893 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church based activities and promotion of mission and outreach opportunities contained within the mission statement and priorities of the Methodist Church.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The West Durham Circuit reported total funds of £1,215,013 as of August 2025, with unrestricted reserves of £1,115,533. The trustees' report confirms the Circuit met its financial obligations and maintained a reserves policy targeting 6-9 months of expenditure, which was adhered to through designated funds. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to light that would cause concern regarding the accounts or the trustees' annual report.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Bruce Jonathan Sawyerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANN BOWER
• Brenda Simpson
• DAVID DIXON · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID WILLIAM GLASS
• DEREK HADDON STAINES
• DOROTHY EMERSON
• David Ralph Hall
• Deacon Liesl Collette Warren · trustee of 1 other charity
• FRANCES ANN JOHNSON
• Gerald Bell
• Gillian Herron
• JUDITH BAINBRIDGE · trustee of 3 other charities
• John Blowes
• John Richardson
• KATHY PERRY
• Mark Frederick Bagnall · trustee of 2 other charities
• PAMELA HARPER
• Rev Elizabeth Anne Catford
• Roger Charles Stone
• Rosemary Margaret Hall
• SUSAN ANNE HINE
• Stephanie Claire Mason

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

Operates in: Durham

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).