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COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1138024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Circuit of Methodist Churches

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£235k
Latest spending
£233k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a General Unrestricted surplus of £37,864 and total General Unrestricted reserves of £1,379,744. The budget for the following year contains a small projected deficit of £10,000, which is equivalent to 4% of total expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to operate into the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months’ average operating (general fund) expenditure (held: £1.4m)
“The Reserves Policy ordinarily provides for the Circuit to hold a sum equivalent to 6 months’ average operating (general fund) expenditure, equating to £82,363 for this year.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£235k£233k
31/08/2024£223k£180k
31/08/2023£185k£214k
31/08/2022£182k£227k
31/08/2021£177k£178k

Common questions

Is COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a General Unrestricted surplus of £37,864 and total General Unrestricted reserves of £1,379,744. The budget for the following year contains a small projected deficit of £10,000, which is equivalent to 4% of total expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to operate into the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.