MACCLESFIELD METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1145485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Care of 8 churches and assisting in their religious activities under the auspices of the Methodist Church of the United Kingdom

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 total funds decreased by £9,234 to stand at £2,070,723, with liquid reserves of £273,967 exceeding the trustees' target of approximately £176,000. The charity reports no current financial difficulties and confirms that all churches met their assessment commitments for the year. The trustees consider adequate resources to be available to fund activities for the foreseeable future.

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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~89.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (59% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN JOHN CHAPMAN
• Alan Rashleigh
• Alexander John Price · trustee of 2 other charities
• Angela Bourne · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRENDA BAILEY
• BRENDA MARY CHAPMAN
• Barbara Christine Ogle
• CHRISTINE JANE DING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carolyn Boden
• DAVID ARTHUR BULLOCK BA
• DONALD IAN WARDLE BA
• Deborah Margaret Lucas
• ELIZABETH HAMMOND
• Edward Chandler Jones
• Heather Anne Cann · trustee of 1 other charity
• JILLIAN LONGSON MBE
• JOAN GREEN
• JOAN HELENA PRITCHARD MED
• JOHN MICHAEL BIRD BSC
• JOYCE MARGERY WILSON
• Jane Claire Walker
• Jane Wendy Robson
• MARGARET CHRISTINE PARKIN
• MARGARET JOAN HAWKYARD
• Pamela Rosemary Edith Childs
• RUTH LINDE
• Rev SHEILA MARY BISHOP
• Richard Jonathan Baker · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ruth Thomason Gunning
• Stephen Michael Dallin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Elizabeth Mellor
• Valerie Margaret Jones

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

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