LOWESTOFT AND EAST SUFFOLK METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135624 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We have met as a Circuit Meeting of Trustees to plan, discuss and implement decisions in accordance with our current Mission Statement, to further the work of the Methodist Church in the Lowestoft and East Suffolk Circuit.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the circuit achieved a net surplus of £4,446.33 for the year ending 31 August 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous two years. However, the trustees' report notes that church finances have not recovered post-COVID and the circuit is working towards establishing a balanced budget amidst the challenge of ageing congregations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~23.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Martin Lewis Keenanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREA KAREN RUSSELL
• Alan Theodore Reginald Furness
• BRENDA SIGSWORTH
• CAROL SALLY DAINES
• Daniel Howlett
• David Pitt
• Diana Margaret Furness
• Elizabeth Grieve
• Elizabeth Mary Zukiewicz
• HAZEL MARION CATCHPOLE
• JULIAN ROGERS
• Karen Jane Delf
• Levi Lovelock
• MR BARRY GIBSON
• Mandy Hoadley
• REV PAM BAYLISS
• Rev ROBERT SOANES
• Sally Pickess
• Susan Groome · trustee of 1 other charity
• THELMA WALLER
• TINA ROSE LONG
• VALERIE BRENDA HOWLETT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Warren Low

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

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