BEDE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as G&J METHODIST CIRCUIT, GATESHEAD & JARROW METHODIST CIRCUIT

Religious Worship, social action and witness to the community.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity suffered a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £140,863 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £93,319. Per the trustees' report, total reserves held were £1,827,237, with the trustees confirming that going concern is not an issue due to careful financial management and healthy bank balances.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (72% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Jane Helen Carterchair
• Alan Bell
• Alan Pitchers
• Angela Bell
• Ann Redhead
• Barbara Rowell
• Brenda Coates
• Brenda Donaldson
• Brenda wallace
• Carol Jane Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cicely Robinson
• David Haygarth · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Ian Milne
• David Patrick
• Dr ANGELA HELEN LISHMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Lynn Wales
• Elaine Lawrence
• Elizabeth Bell
• Freda Isabelle Milburn
• Hilary Newman
• Ian Edwards
• Irene Morgan
• Jacqueline Lloyd
• Jean Latimer
• Jean Peacock
• Jeanette Edwards
• John Stuart Phipps
• Judith Anne Bissett
• June Burns
• Katharine Mary Cresswell
• Keith Reader
• Linda Gaddes
• Malcolm Glass
• Margaret Bell
• Marie Hornby
• Mlamlankunzi Nkomo
• Pauline Dixon
• Peter Dennis James Beal
• Rev Cynthia Rosemary Hardiman
• Rev Deborah Wainwright

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

Operates in: Gateshead · South Tyneside · Sunderland

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