CHRISTCHURCH AND WIMBORNE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1148455 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of regular public acts of worship open to members of the circuit and non-members alike, and of sacred spaces for prayer and contemplation; Overseeing the teaching of Christianity through sermons, groups, pastoral work, religious assemblies in schools and encouraging, within the circuit's churches, the provision of youth clubs, senior citizen's clubs etc with a Christian ethos.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £128,976, which the trustees confirm provides ample funds to meet commitments over the coming year. The filing notes that the circuit needs to hold £94,468 to cover three months of expenditure, indicating reserves are above the stated policy target. The circuit also holds significant property assets valued at £2,705,000.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/04/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/01/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Andrew Robert Pottagechair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ALAN JOHN BOYCE
• BRENDA DOROTHY GAULER
• BRIAN JOHN SHEARING
• Brian Marshall Skelley
• CAROLINE MAY WATERMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Margery Thompson
• Christine Scott Lusher
• Christopher Paul Mercer
• DEACON GLENDA SUSAN SIDDING
• DR HOWARD BERESFORD PIPER
• Diana May Middleditch · trustee of 1 other charity
• ELIZABETH WARD · trustee of 2 other charities
• George David Kendall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hannah Jane Mathew
• Hilary Elizabeth Beckingham · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOYCE WILD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janice Lorraine Pettigrew
• John Robert Cornish
• John Vincent Morgan
• Kathleen May Phillips
• Kathryn Maureen March · trustee of 1 other charity
• Keith Joy
• Kenneth William Sidding
• Louisa Mary Hiscock
• Malcolm George Laird
• Morgan John Antell
• Naomi Patrick
• Peter Robert Aston
• ROBERT CHARLES WHITE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev DAVID ROBERT ELLIS
• Rev Keith Chisholm BECKINGHAM
• Rev Mark John Kimber
• Rev Nicholas Peter Wood
• Rev Peter Kenneth McNeill
• Rev ROBERT DAVID LAIDLER
• Rev ROGER ERNEST GISBORNE
• Rev Susan Joan Baker
• Roderick Jack Armstrong
• Rodney Oliver Betts · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire

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