SOUTH WEST CUMBRIA UNITED AREA

Registered charity 1141404 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing acts of Christian worship conforming to URC and Methodist traditions throughout South West Cumbria. Engaging in mission activities both within South West Cumbria and overseas.

Objects

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE PARTICIPATING CHURCHES. IN ACHIEVING ITS PURPOSE, THE CHARITY WILL ENGAGE IN A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, EITHER ON ITS OWN OR WITH OTHERS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO):A) THE CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC WORSHIP; B) THE TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; C) MISSION AND EVANGELISM; D) PASTORAL WORK, INCLUDING VISITING THE SICK AND THE BEREAVED; E)THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING (BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO)THEELDERLY, THE YOUNG AND OTHER GROUPS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; AND F)THE SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITIES IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS

Area of benefit: THE UK AND OVERSEAS

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 cash funds held by the circuit increased from £325,215 to £409,427 during the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees report notes declining Sunday congregations and church closures, indicating challenges in sustaining future ministry levels despite current financial stability.

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 1 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 15/08/2023, 46 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (15/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cumbria Methodist Circuit.

• Cumbria Methodist Circuit income £661k
• CHURCHES TOGETHER IN CUMBRIA income £59k
• NORTH CUMBRIA METHODIST CIRCUIT income £245k
• SOUTH EAST NORTHUMBERLAND METHODIST CIRCUIT income £290k
• WEST CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY METHODIST CIRCUIT income £996k
• WEST SUSSEX (COAST AND DOWNS) METHODIST CIRCUIT income £598k

Side by side with its peers

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