CHORLEY METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1151134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote :-Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church,Any charitable purpose for the time being of any connexional, district,circuit,local or other organisation of the Methodist Church or any society, institution or charity being a society, institution or charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church

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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Registered contact address: Chorley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £49,464.39 at the end of the financial year, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £42,500. The charity reports that income levels remain healthy and sufficient to meet its financial obligations and general running expenditures.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Helen Margaret Millwardchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Hulse
• David Hulse
• FREDA ECCLES
• GLENYS ANNE BLUNDELL BA
• Ian McCallum
• KEITH JAMES ASHTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn Elizabeth Hodson
• LESLEY MARY DUCKWORTH
• Lincoln Sheilds
• Margaret Anne Boulton
• Neil Herbert Saunt
• Pauline Curwen
• RUTH MALARKEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Derek Oldham
• Ruth Raynor
• Sheila Mary Halewood
• Simon John Paul Hardacre
• Susan Jayne Procter
• Suzanne Stout
• Tim Melling
• Valerie Marsden
• WILFRED WILLIAM LACE
• William Almond

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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