WELSHPOOL AND BRO-HAFREN METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WELSHPOOL & BRO-HAFREN METHODIST CIRCUIT

The Circuit has been involved in worship, prayer and bible studies, available to all. Churches have been used for funerals, weddings and baptisms. Other activities include: coffee mornings, meals, illustrated talks, concerts and exhibitions. Premises have been used by: Mothers & Toddlers, W.I., Girl Guides, wildlife groups, choirs, dance groups, Powys Carers, Action for Children and others.

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 holds reserves which are ring-fenced for specific purposes including chapel developments, new initiatives, and ministry support. The reserves policy indicates that minimum reserves are to be held at 50% of the annual budget or previous year’s expenditure plus RPI. The document does not provide the actual monetary value of these reserves or the total annual budget.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev KEITH ANDREW EDWARDSchair
• ALAN PETER DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW GORDON MATHIESON
• ANTHEA BRADBURN
• ANTHONY PETER HARVEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alan Bradburn
• Amanda Jane Thomas
• Andrew Nicholas John Bond
• CHRISTINE ELIZABETH RICHARDS
• DAVID MICHAEL JONES
• Eric Robert Pacey
• FREDA MARY DAVIES
• Glenys May Harding
• HERBERT PROCTOR
• Irene Winifred Harbron
• John Mackenzie Harbron
• Kevin Gilman
• MARGARET GRIFFITH
• OWEN LLOYD JONES
• Patricia Jane Jones
• SHEILA POLLARD
• STANLEY JOHN MOUNTFORD
• SUSAN WILLIAMS
• TERENCE MAXFIELD JOBLING

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

Operates in: Powys

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