DERBY CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1142341 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Administering the activities of the Methodist churches in Derby.

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.

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 the Circuit reported a financial surplus of £243,090 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted net current assets of £55,824. The trustees confirm the Circuit is a going concern with no material uncertainties, maintaining free reserves of £4,317,334 which exceed the stated policy target of three months' average expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~77.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (81% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tracey Jayne Harrischair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ALAN DOUGLAS CASTLEDINE FCA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alison Stacey-Chapman
• Andrew Cokayne
• Andrew Land
• Angela Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRENDA KATHLEEN LEEDS
• CHRISTINE ETHEL CAMERON BA HONS
• Christine Goddard
• Colin Young
• DAVID DANIEL MACDONALD
• DEACON ROSEMARY BELL
• DOREEN HINDS
• David Green
• Deacon Jane Rice
• Donald Stanley Olivant
• ERIC GRAHAM SMITH RGN
• FRANKIE KWOK WING WONG BDS
• Fiona Riley-Schnoor
• GWEN PETCH
• Graham Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Guowei HONG · trustee of 1 other charity
• HILARY LEONORA HANDLEY
• IAN SANT
• JANET MARION PATMORE · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN SPRAY
• JUDITH ELAINE SMITH NNEB
• Jenny Kilgour
• Joanna Marie Howie
• Judith Kathleen Neal · trustee of 1 other charity
• KELVIN SMITH
• Katherine Miller
• Kit Ho
• LINDA ANN SANDARS
• Lynette Nash
• MARIE HOLT
• MARY DIANA MURDEN
• MARY LILY CALLADINE
• MICHAEL BAGWORTH · trustee of 2 other charities
• MICHAEL ROGER WILLIAMS

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire

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