NIDD VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARROGATE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Methodist Church Circuit in Knaresborough & Harrogate Area

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 SUBSIDIARY 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 Circuit held total unrestricted funds of £2,932,612 as of 31 August 2025, with a net income for the year of £106,406. The trustees' reserves policy indicates that unallocated reserves are currently higher than the normal six months of expenditure due to known future projects, with an objective to break even annually from 2031/32.

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.

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
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~14.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/08/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Benjamin Paul Cloweschair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Andrew Newman Brown
• Anna Cooley
• Brenda Mary Umpleby
• Caroline Chang
• Derick England
• Dr Carol Judith Dewhirst
• Dr John Hilary Parry
• Eleanor Jeanette Borkett
• Elizabeth Armitage
• Geoffrey Brookes Runcorn
• Gillian Parkin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Taylor
• Ivy Rogers
• Jane Elizabeth McGrail
• Janice Sinclair Spink
• Jean May Beckingham
• Jeanette Mary Mowat
• John Duncan Burns · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Roger Abbott
• Judith Ann Yeats · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kathleen Alice Hopkinson
• Linda Mary Phillips
• Mark Wheatley
• Mary Brownbridge
• Michael Greenberg · trustee of 3 other charities
• Mr Bill Rodham
• Mr Les Sudron · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mr Leslie Hornby
• Mrs Margaret Grant
• Neil Gary Hoare
• Pamela Charlotte South
• Patricia Elizabeth Webber
• Peter Jackson Eves
• Rev Angela Ruth Hoare
• Rev DIANE HICKS
• Rev Gillian Ruth Robertson
• Rev Gordon Hay
• Rev Ian David Bryon
• Rev Leonora Jane Wassell

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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