SUTTON METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advance Christian faith by supporting individual churches in Circuit. Provide facilities for public acts of worship open to members and non-members alike. Enable pastoral care throughout the circuit for the benefit of members and non-members alike with respect to the teaching of Christianity and visiting the needy by appointing ministers, organising preaching, appointing and guiding lay leaders.

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 Circuit holds sufficient funds to continue its financial operations, with total funds carried forward at £1,551,637. The General Fund balance of £487,313 is above the required reserves policy level of £339,636, and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~22.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (76% 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: 42.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Catherine Huttonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Abigail Hustler
• Anthony Peter Woolfenden B.A.
• CAROLINE JULIE COOK · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTINE REUBITHA ASIRWATHAM BA CMA · trustee of 1 other charity
• COLIN VICTOR BATTY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Caroline Elsie Mary Kingsnorth
• Christine Cox
• DAVID COLIN WORTHINGTON
• Deacon Marie Poole · trustee of 2 other charities
• EILEEN MARY RICE
• Eleanor Dorothy Pinfold LLB
• Eleanor Rachel Gravenor BA MA PGCE
• Gavin Peter Hutton
• JACQUELINE MERIEL WAITE · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN KINGSNORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN WILLIAM MILLER · trustee of 1 other charity
• JUDITH ANN YATES MA PGCE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Rosemary Barden
• Ka Fai Man
• Katharine Lindsey Castledine BA FCA CTA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin David Trenaman · trustee of 2 other charities
• Martin Lloyd Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maureen Angela Patel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Robert Peter Ball
• NELLIE IYAMIDE GEORGIANA SHOWERS
• PHILIP SANDIFORD
• Paul Frewin Gotts ACII
• RICHARD THORBURN SMITH BSC CENG · trustee of 2 other charities
• Raviraj Saravanamuttu · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Bethany Lynn Lewis
• Rev David Pitkeathly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Dr Jonathan Dean · trustee of 5 other charities
• Rev Gill Long
• Rev Hendry Ponniah M Min · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Ung Soon Nguang
• Richard John Cornwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Vijendran Asirwatham
• Robert Douglas Hill BA · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUSETTE ANN FORTY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey · Sutton

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