THE METHODIST CHURCH SOUTH WEST WALES CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1144953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S W WALES METHODIST CIRCUIT, THE METHODIST CHURCH PEMBROKESHIRE CIRCUIT

Overseeing the management and staffing of the circuit's churches and providing resources for their worship and activities, and the upkeep of their buildings.

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 an overall deficit of £22,260 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to reduced income from churches and a deficit in the General Fund. However, the total funds held by the Circuit at year-end were £601,214, which the trustees note is in line with the budget despite reduced ministers' stipends and expenses.

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 4 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
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Elizabeth Worker
• Anne Samuel
• CHRISTINE LLOYD
• DEACON JONATHAN MILLER
• DERIC JOHN BROCK
• Deacon Kathy Hays
• Diane Hodson
• Ellen Louisa Harris
• Elvina Griffiths
• Graham Hobbs
• Ian Ledgard
• JENNIFER GRIFFITHS
• Jane Deborah Hobbs
• Joe Hicks
• John Birch
• Linda Maxine Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
• MIRIAM MOULES
• MR PHIL LLOYD
• MRS ANN MAGGS
• MRS JACKIE CORBY
• MRS MARLENE DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Birch · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marjorie Evelyn Hinson
• NIGEL JOHN FLETCHER
• Nicola Williams
• PATRICIA YVONNE BARKLEY
• REV DR DAVID MURFIN BSC PHD
• REV HUGH-JOHN WILSON BSC BTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROSEMARY TIPPETT MAUDSLEY MA
• Rev Geoffrey Hays
• Rita Jean Smith
• SHARON IRENE KNOX
• SUSAN BONSER SRN SCM
• Sheila Amor

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · Pembrokeshire

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