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ROCHDALE & LITTLEBOROUGH METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1140223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Circuit encourages the Churches to provide :-a/ sacred spaces (a building) for regular acts of worship, prayers and contemplation for church members and non members alike.b/ teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small gruops.c/ pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved.d youth and senior citizens clubs, womens and mens meetings etc with a christian ethos.

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Latest income
£428k
Latest spending
£372k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports a significant surplus of £114,259 for the year, driven largely by the sale of property assets which contributed £245,579 in income. Unrestricted reserves stand at £1,777,042, substantially exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £92,295 (six months of budgeted expenditure). The accounts are unaudited and subject to independent examination, with no material issues reported by the examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from Sale of Spotland (48% of income)
“Income from Sale of Spotland 245,579” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approx. six month’s budgeted general fund expenditure costs (held: £1.8m)
“General Fund: To hold a maximum of approx. six month’s budgeted general fund expenditure costs. 2025/26 budgeted expenditure is £184,589 therefore six months is £92,295.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income
£648k
Total spending
£384k
Cost of raising funds
£163k
Reserves (reported)
£554k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~17.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (66% 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: 25.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Rochdale

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£428k£372k
31/08/2024£648k£384k
31/08/2023£194k£328k
31/08/2022£221k£240k
31/08/2021£234k£214k

Common questions

Is ROCHDALE & LITTLEBOROUGH METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports a significant surplus of £114,259 for the year, driven largely by the sale of property assets which contributed £245,579 in income. Unrestricted reserves stand at £1,777,042, substantially exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £92,295 (six months of budgeted expenditure). The accounts are unaudited and subject to independent examination, with no material issues reported by the examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2019£10kSyke Methodist Church Project