BURY ST.EDMUNDS METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1135971 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian presence in Suffolk, mission to fellow humankind and all creation.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Circuit reported a net surplus of £169,690 for the year, increasing net current assets to £386,526. The trustees note that the Circuit remains in a strong financial position, with reserves earmarked for specific mission and property objectives totaling £375,720. The reserves policy targets holding unrestricted reserves equivalent to about six months of expenditure.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~15.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (83% 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 Jason Christopher Vinyardchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Spencer
• DAPHNE JAY
• DAVID WAKEFORD · trustee of 2 other charities
• Donald Leslie Day
• Edward Freeman
• Francis Arnold Carr
• JENNIFER MAUREEN BENFIELD
• JOHN DAVIES
• Joy Inameti · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joyce May Wood
• MARIAN HIGH
• MARY KEER
• MICHAEL DRAIN
• Neil Martin
• Norman Langridge
• PAULINE AMES
• PETER SANDERSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• REV RUTH KAREN RIDGE · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT WOOD
• Rev Julie Ann Minns
• Rev Rita Carr
• Richard Anthony Wild
• Roland David Sore
• Rosemary Elizabeth Anne Kearsley
• SHARON MARTIN
• STELLA DAVIS
• Susan Yvonne Foreman
• VAUGHAN TONG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Valerie Anne Southgate

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT.

• WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT income £574k
• LOWESTOFT AND EAST SUFFOLK METHODIST CIRCUIT income £159k
• ST ALBANS AND WELWYN METHODIST CIRCUIT income £331k
• SALFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT income £134k
• SALISBURY METHODIST CIRCUIT income £1.1m
• BUCKLEY AND DEESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £289k

Side by side with its peers

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