THE LIZARD AND MOUNTS BAY METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1144190 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Lizard & Mount's Bay Methodist Circuit exists to provide support and oversight for the 14 Methodist Churches within its boundary enabling them to share the love of God by word and in action in their local communities

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 held free reserves equivalent to 5.3 months of expenditure, which is below its stated policy target of six months. The filing confirms the Circuit is a going concern, with the trustees believing that available monetary assets and human resources are sufficient to continue operations.

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 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
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev DANIEL PAUL REEDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Annie Searle
• Barry Eustice
• CHRIS SMITH
• Christopher Roland Rodda
• ESTELLE TURNER · trustee of 1 other charity
• ESTHER BENNEY
• Edna Angove
• FRANCES LUCETTE KITTO
• HELEN ROGERS
• Ingrid Loyau-Kennett · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANET LIESKE
• JENNY LEWIS
• Jeremy Douglas Boston
• Julie Goninan
• Kate Boston
• LYNN BOWDEN
• Louise Luing
• Marion Pollock
• Marshall Dagger
• Nick Gibson
• Nigel Bishop
• Nigel Green
• PAUL JENKIN
• Paul Coulston
• Paul James Combellack · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pauline Reed · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROGER WILLIAM RICHARDS
• Rachel Pearl Coulston
• Rachel Spong
• Rev Amanda Stevens
• Rev Andrew Hill
• Rex Tremayne
• Rosemary Pollard
• Ruth Tripp
• Ruth Williams
• STEPHANIE GORDON
• SUE WILLIAMS
• Stephanie Jane Shainberg
• Steve Allen

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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