UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CLIFTON

Registered charity 1134969 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of regular public acts of worship open tho members of the church and non members alike.The teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses, bible study.Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved.Promoting the whole mission of the church through Playgroup, Community cafe, Youth club, Holiday Club, Messy church.Supporting other charities.

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 charity reported a net income of £22,828 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total fund balances of £162,414. The trustees confirm that systems are in place to mitigate major risks and that the charity is operating within its reserves policy of holding three months of annual expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis and examined by an independent examiner who found no material matters requiring attention.

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 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Bagnall
• Brenda Cheetham
• Colin Colclough
• Elaine Bott
• Francis Lovell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ivor Anthony Jordan
• JANET GRIFFITHS
• JOHN RAISON
• JORDAN ALEXANDER ARNO
• JUDITH ANN OLLIVANT
• Karen Dunn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathleen Kendrick
• LUCY OLIVIA ARNO
• MARGARET MORAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR JIM STEEL
• MRS JENIFER LOVELL
• MRS PAT RAISON
• Margaret Moran
• Mary Timmiss
• Michael Bagnall
• Peter Safhill
• Rev Louise Makin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roy Bott
• STEPHEN KEITH HANNAM CQSW
• SUSAN LAURA JORDAN
• Sandra Williams

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

Operates in: Rotherham

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