COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1138024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Circuit of Methodist Churches

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: 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.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Christine Pamela Preecechair · trustee of 3 other charities
Alan Beesley
BETTY MAY RAMPLING
Brook Ann
Christine Joy Firmin
Christopher Richard Pratt · trustee of 1 other charity
Clive Leonard Carrington
Derek Anthony Coe · trustee of 1 other charity
Diana Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr GEOFFREY CHARLES CASEY · trustee of 1 other charity
EDWARD GEORGE PENTNEY
GEOFFREY WILCOX
Gail Janette Chapman
JOHN EDWARD JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
JUDITH ANN FLETCHER · trustee of 1 other charity
Joan Mary Keeble
John Brook
Judith Anne Winward
MARGARET ANN CLUBB
NEIL ANDREW AUSTIN
Peter Broom
RACHEL VAN STAVEREN
RICHARD JAMES PETTIT · trustee of 1 other charity
ROBERT JOHN FINCH · trustee of 1 other charity
RON FIRMIN
Rev Gabriele Britton-Voss
Rev Hannah Chun · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Ronald Metcalf Smith
Sally-Anne Crafer · trustee of 1 other charity
TRACEY CHAPMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
VIVIAN MARY WILCOX

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	2	£77k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£30k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£6k

Charities like this

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

CARDIFF METHODIST CIRCUIT income £419k
THAMES VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT income £285k
BUCKLEY AND DEESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £289k
OLDHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT income £311k
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT income £574k
YORK METHODIST CIRCUIT income £860k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COLCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT	£235k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARDIFF METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£419k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THAMES VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£285k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUCKLEY AND DEESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£289k	—	unclear	—	noted
OLDHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£311k	—	above	—	no doubt
WEST HERTFORDSHIRE AND BORDERS METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£574k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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