STAFFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports the 10 churches within the Stafford circuit by the provision of ministers and lay workers to undertake Christian leadership through church services, pastoral work within the communities, schools & youth work.

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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Registered contact address: Stafford, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Circuit reported a net surplus of £58,732 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £1,130,023. However, the unrestricted General Fund incurred an underlying deficit of (£24,882) before transfers, and the General Reserves policy target of £115,000–£160,000 was not met, resulting in a negative reserve position of (£797).

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~12.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev David Jonathan Bintliffchair
• AMICIA HARDY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alice Elizabeth Dair
• Alison Jayne Horton FCCA
• Allan J Lowe
• Beverley Godridge
• CAROLYN ANNE HAMER
• David Arthur Hemingway BSc AFIMA
• David John Smith
• Dorothy Helen Kirkham B Ed Hons
• Dr Mark Andrew Timothy
• Dr Paul Christopher Yates
• Dr Susan McCready-Shea
• Elizabeth Ann Hidderley
• Hazel Ord · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Allred · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ian James Bradburn
• Ian Mason · trustee of 1 other charity
• JENNIFER MARY TIMMIS
• Jill O'Byrne RGN
• KATHRYN ANNE FORD
• Kenneth Charles Davies
• Kevin Day
• LEIGH BARBARA READE
• Lynn Margaret Westoby
• MARGARET ELIZABETH HEMINGWAY
• Maureen Embrey BEd,CertEd
• Peter Walton Hardy BSc Hons
• Ruth Ann Wall
• Valerie Elizabeth Bates · trustee of 1 other charity
• WILLIAM DENYS BASFORD
• Wendy Timothy BAHonsMLIB
• Winifred Ruth Smith

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAMFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT.

• STAMFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT income £236k
• NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £227k
• CAMBRIDGE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £291k
• CARDIFF METHODIST CIRCUIT income £419k
• STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS METHODIST CIRCUIT income £347k
• SUTTON METHODIST CIRCUIT income £389k

Side by side with its peers

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