THE METHODIST CHURCH, NORTH FYLDE CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1142571 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion of the Christian gospel within the North Fylde area of Lancashire to include the relief of poverty supporting the work of the Methodist Church worldwide. We work across all sections of the community currently running activities for children and young people, families and older people.

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 provided document is a narrative annual report and does not contain financial statements, income, or expenditure figures. Consequently, no information regarding financial health, reserves, or audit status is available in the text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• Risk management
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~48.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (96% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Katie Leonowiczchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Katie Leonowiczchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Hathaway-Perry
• Anne Haire
• Annette Mary Hartley
• Barrie Edward Farmer JP
• Carol Lesley Gough
• Dennis Bleakley
• Dr ALAN SYKES OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• GEOFFREY BOTTOMLEY BA
• GRAHAM KAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Garry Melvyn Whittle
• Geraldine Bernice Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Carter Curwen · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ian Edward Bedford
• JANET MORDIKE MA
• Janice Whittle
• Jessica Anne Basquill
• John Currie Savage
• Keith Bleazard · trustee of 1 other charity
• LYNNE COLBOURNE
• Lynn Farmer
• Margaret Grace Murphy
• Mary Alison Green
• PATRICIA ANN GREGORY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patricia Ann Parker
• Paul Thomas Schofield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Wilson
• ROBERT RALPH LEADBETTER
• Ralph Whittingham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Sarah Lamb
• Sharon Ann Webb
• Stephen Paul Williams
• Susan Crackles
• Tina Whalley

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

Operates in: Blackpool · Lancashire

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