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DORKING AND HORSHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Mission Policy is based on the vision of the Circuit as an enabling force for strategic local mission, wherever possible in partnership with others, to employ and train lay people to work in frontline mission alongside the ordained staff and to deploy resources in areas of the Circuit where we believe mission activities will bear the most fruit.

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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Latest income
£749k
Latest spending
£580k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Circuit ended the year in a stable financial position with a small surplus expected. The trustees confirm the Circuit is a going concern, though the charity is in the process of merging with another circuit and will dissolve once closure tasks are completed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Payments to Presbyteral trustees are shown in the table above. Non-Presbyteral trustees receive no travel expenses and no other expense payments in the exercise of their duties save for reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of the Circuit for specific projects or events (primarily manse repairs and maintenance).
“Payments to Presbyteral trustees are shown in the table above. Non-Presbyteral trustees receive no travel expenses and no other expense payments in the exercise of their duties save for reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of the Circuit for specific projects or events (primarily manse repairs and maintenance).” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Circuit is part of the South-East District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference. The following Methodist Churches are linked to the circuit Cobham Methodist Church, Effingham Methodist Church, Leatherhead Methodist Church, Cornerstone Methodist Church — Horsham & Partridge Green.
“The Circuit is part of the South-East District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference. The following Methodist Churches are linked to the circuit Cobham Methodist Church, Effingham Methodist Church, Leatherhead Methodist Church, Cornerstone Methodist Church — Horsham & Partridge Green.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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

Total income
£749k
Total spending
£580k
Cost of raising funds
£208k
Reserves (reported)
£330k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (67% 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: 27.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£749k£580k
31/08/2024£433k£777k
31/08/2023£418k£492k
31/08/2022£263k£434k
31/08/2021£320k£439k

Common questions

Is DORKING AND HORSHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Circuit ended the year in a stable financial position with a small surplus expected. The trustees confirm the Circuit is a going concern, though the charity is in the process of merging with another circuit and will dissolve once closure tasks are completed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2022£500Warm Breakfast Space