WOLVERHAMPTON METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Religous and outreach activities through a network of local churches within the City and locality of Wolverhampton.

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 reported an overall deficit of £225,385 for the year ended 31 August 2025, contrasting with a surplus in the prior year. Despite this deficit, the Trustees confirm that free reserves of £1,188,457 are available and sufficient to meet future liabilities and carry out plans, maintaining a going concern status through to 2028.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Muras Baker Jones Limited. 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~18.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Michael Eccles
• BRENDA SHUTTLEWORTH
• CHRISTINE ELIZABETH LEES
• Christine Mary Westwood
• Deacon Linda Gilson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dianna Beaumont
• Dianne Lesley Cripps
• Dorothy Howells
• ELAINE KAREN JONES
• Emma Verio
• Florence Jennifer Ridgeway
• Gabriel Gidi · trustee of 1 other charity
• George Howard Tonks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gill Silvester
• JANET ELIZABETH ANN PUNFIELD
• JUDY BROWN
• Jonathan Banele Mtsambiwa
• LESLEY VIVIENNE COOK
• MARGARET JANE MOTTRAM
• Margaret Elizabeth Porteus
• Michael Bateman
• Michael Dickenson
• Nadine Brown
• Nicola Jane Field
• Pauline Hurst
• REV MARGARET GLENNYS BAMFORD
• REVD DONALD HOLT RYAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT PETER TURTON
• Rev Ivor Sperring
• Rev PAUL NZACAHAYO · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Robert Readshaw
• Rev Rosemary Anne Elizabeth Nash
• Rev Steve Jackson
• SISTER BETTY VAUGHAN
• Stephen Brown
• Susan Whatmore
• Trevor Starling

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

Operates in: Dudley · Staffordshire · Wolverhampton

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