MILTON KEYNES METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1137998 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Methodist Church. Worship and other religious activities

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds were £1,509,371 as of 31 August 2025, with no material uncertainty regarding going concern. The trustees report that individual church assessments are currently meeting costs and there are no capital commitments or contingent liabilities.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANITRA BULL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adrian Schofield
• Berlinda Boachie Tawiah
• CHRIS LINFORD
• Carl Anthony Pinnock
• Celia Ann Foster
• Daniel Joseph Mahon
• David Arthur Sweetnam
• David Ronald Jones
• Deacon Stephen John Peck
• Derek Beaumont
• Heather Wray
• IAN KEITH RIXON
• Jacqueline Commey
• James Carruthers Speirs
• Lynn Castle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lynne Denise Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARILYN MAHON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marian Joy Ballance
• Muriel Moffoot
• Norman John Robinson
• Pamela Margaret Harvey
• Paul Martin Swannell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter John Galsworthy
• Rev Christopher Richard Batten
• Rev Edson Dube · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Margaret Ann Goodall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Stephanie Jane Hibberd
• Richard Antwi-Gyamfi
• Richard Okane Adjei
• Rosemary Kearsey
• Susan Elizabeth Batten
• Susan Irene Wilson
• Tendayi Pearce
• Yvonne Valerie Swannell

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

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