RYEDALE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1152920 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious organisation

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 incurred a net deficit of £134,141 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total cash funds of £384,748 at year-end. The Trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory, noting that unrestricted reserves of £167,000 exceed the stated policy target of six months' running costs. The reserves policy states that unrestricted funds should cover six months of general running costs, and the actual unrestricted reserves of £167,000 are above this target given annual expected expenditure of £356,000.

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 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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (61% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• AUDREY FOSTER
• Andrew John Lindley
• Ann Lonsdale · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brian Smart
• CHRISTINE WRIGHT
• DAVID SCALING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Julia Branson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward Garbutt
• HELEN LENG
• JAMES ANDREW LECKENBY
• JANET MARY BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANET SMITH
• JOHN WOODMANSEY
• JONATHAN WILLIAM PIERCY
• John Hubery
• John Wilfred Spencely Foster
• KAREN MARY PATTISON
• KATHARINE EMMA GIBBS
• Kathryn Rosalind Hall
• LESLIE HELM
• MARGARET ELIZABETH GRAHAM
• MARTIN PHILLIP REDGARD
• MARY KEMP BA · trustee of 2 other charities
• NANCY WILSON
• Noel Walter Smith
• PAMELA MARGARET SELLERS
• PAUL THOMAS DOUTHWAITE
• Paul Emberley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Clark Rev · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Prest
• Rev Graham Paul Ransom
• Rev Helena Jane Pickering
• Rev JANE CATHERINE DEBORAH BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Mark Haynes
• Rev PENELOPE JANE WORTH
• Richard Lukey · trustee of 2 other charities
• SHEILA MARY FOSTER
• SUSAN ELIZABETH GOODWILL
• SUSAN JANE HOLMES BSC PGCE
• Stephen Arnold · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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Government & lottery funding

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