POOLE BAY METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1136518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOURNEMOUTH METHODIST CIRCUIT

The main purpose of the charity is to be active in the advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church.

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: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£377k

Latest spending

£581k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,424,234, which provides 33 months of cover for total expenditure at current levels. The trustees consider this sufficient to meet unforeseen expenditure and fund planned activities, confirming the charity is a going concern with adequate working capital.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of budgeted expenditure (held: £1.4m)

“The reserves Policy for the Circuit is to hold in its General Fund a minimum sum equivalent to 6 month’s budgeted expenditure i.e. £268,761 (25/26 budget)” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. 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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Risk management
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
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Sarah Jane Knebelchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ALAN MCCOY · trustee of 1 other charity
Anita Mary Hazell
Anne Victoria Bentley
Christine Anne Snape
Christopher Denis Melhuish
David Kenneth Edward Downing
Dr David Julian Tawn · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Rebecca Thompson
EIFRON HOPPER · trustee of 1 other charity
Edwina Helen Gould
Eileen Amy Osgood
Elizabeth Anne Graham · trustee of 1 other charity
Gerald Peter Beddard
JUDITH MARGARET HEWINS · trustee of 1 other charity
Katrin Harwood · trustee of 1 other charity
Moira Ferguson Thompson
Patricia Anne Fellows
Paul Clarke Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
RONALD GEORGE BALMER · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Gillian Heather Le Boutillier-Scott · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Karen Elizabeth James · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Taylor
Rosalind Gladys Murray
SUSAN SAUNDERS · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Jayne Joy
Susan Eileen McCormick
Sylvia Elizabeth Kingston

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£377k	£581k
31/08/2024	£418k	£750k
31/08/2023	£438k	£527k
31/08/2022	£370k	£488k
31/08/2021	£369k	£608k

Common questions

Is POOLE BAY METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,424,234, which provides 33 months of cover for total expenditure at current levels. The trustees consider this sufficient to meet unforeseen expenditure and fund planned activities, confirming the charity is a going concern with adequate working capital. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.

Charities like this

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

TYNEDALE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £417k
THIRSK AND NORTHALLERTON METHODIST CIRCUIT income £166k
WEST SUSSEX (COAST AND DOWNS) METHODIST CIRCUIT income £598k
OLDHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT income £311k
BRISTOL DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £664k
SALFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT income £134k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
POOLE BAY METHODIST CIRCUIT	£377k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TYNEDALE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£417k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THIRSK AND NORTHALLERTON METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£166k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST SUSSEX (COAST AND DOWNS) METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£598k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OLDHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£311k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRISTOL DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£664k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.