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MID DERBYSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1139498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMBER VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT

The Mid Derbyshire Methodist Circuit provides staff, resources and facilities to enable the 21 churches in the Mid Derbyshire Area to provide facilities and activities for all, including young people, families and the elderly. This provision involves: ministerial/spiritual leadership; pastoral support for all service users; community outreach links and programmes across the Mid Derbyshire Area.

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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Latest income
£672k
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £962,892 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by high property maintenance costs and the sale of assets. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are technically overdrawn by £119,029 when fixed assets are excluded, indicating a potential shortfall against the stated policy of holding six months' expenditure, although the trustees attribute this to unusually high repair costs in 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Assessments on churches (79% of income)
“£258,248 which is 78.5% of the circuit’s general unrestricted income, was provided by the local churches.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months’ average expenditure (held: £1.8m)
“The Reserves Policy for the Mid Derbyshire Methodist Circuit is to hold a sum equivalent to 6 months’ average expenditure in the General Fund.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Johnson Tidsall Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor. 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£672k
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~12.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£672k£1.7m
31/08/2024£753k£1.3m
31/08/2023£695k£698k
31/08/2022£793k£605k
31/08/2021£534k£525k

Common questions

Is MID DERBYSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £962,892 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by high property maintenance costs and the sale of assets. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are technically overdrawn by £119,029 when fixed assets are excluded, indicating a potential shortfall against the stated policy of holding six months' expenditure, although the trustees attribute this to unusually high repair costs in 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Johnson Tidsall Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor.