THE METHODIST CHURCH - BARNSLEY CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

continues to provide support and resources for the Methodist Churches of the Barnsley Circuit, ensuring the provisions of worship and facilities / buildings available to the church and the wider community.

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £467,501, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding liquid cash reserves equal to 50% of annual expenditure (£252,737). The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by GBAC 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~12.6 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 (58% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Padgett
• Angela Findlow
• Anne Elizabeth Hamby
• BARBARA TEWSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• CATHERINE ANN MOSLEY
• Carol Jewkes
• Christine Margaret Harrington · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAPHNE IRWIN
• DAWN WEBSTER
• Deacon Mark Attwood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deborah Ann Evans
• Dianne Charlesworth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eileen Margaret Ann McHale · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Ann Haigh
• Elizabeth Ann Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacqueline Ann Praed · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janice Dorothy Parkin
• Jennifer Pearson
• Joan Haywood · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Pearson
• Josephine Powell · trustee of 1 other charity
• LESLIE HOWARTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Joyce Stammers · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARY REASON BA HONS
• MICHAEL WILLIAM SANDERSON
• MRS ELLIE PEET
• MRS Eliazbeth Ann Hambleton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel Kenneth Bonson · trustee of 1 other charity
• REV LOUISE DAWSON
• REV MICK NEAL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Andrew John Atkins · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev EILEEN SANDERSON
• Rev Lyn Patricia Gregg · trustee of 2 other charities
• Shaun Rattigan

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

Operates in: Barnsley

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