EAST SOLENT AND DOWNS METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1153209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of public religious worship in the Methodist tradition.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's affairs and have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The independent auditors concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations for at least twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~19.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/06/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Elizabeth Christina Catharina Van Aardt Goddesschair
• ALISON LYNDALL GRIFFITHS
• Alan John Dabbs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Rice · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Steinhausen
• Arpan Painter BEng MSc
• BRENDA ROSS
• BRIAN ROBERT DYER
• Barbara Janet McAleer
• Barbara Lesley Keefe
• Brian James
• Chris Gladstone
• Christopher James Parker
• DAWN BEESLEY
• DEREK WILLIAM BEESLEY
• David Hall
• David Sawyer
• Deacon Janice Hacon
• Doreen Sales
• Dr Denise Elizabeth Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edwin Richard Strankalis
• George Smithers
• HUMPHREY MARCUS JAMES NIGHTINGALE
• Heather Karen Murphy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ingrid Corrigan
• Ivan Huntingdon-Thresher
• JANE MINNELL
• Jean Petter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jillian Mary Martyn
• Kate Elizabeth Brown
• Kumbirai Kephas Chilongo
• LYNDA MARGARET COLLINS
• MARGARET EILEEN TRAVELL
• MICHAEL JOHN PETTER
• Margaret Ann Shepherd
• Margaret Jane Wheeler
• Marilyn Jane Carroll · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Wade
• Matthew Norman Thomas · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mavis Anne Bowthorpe

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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