BORDERS MISSION CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1156488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BMC

Provide public acts of worship & teaching through sermons, courses and groupsCarry out pastoral work including visiting the sick & bereavedPromote Christianity through the staging of events & servicesConduct religious assemblies in schoolsPromote the whole mission of the church & assist social cohesion through help with activities for older people, parents & toddlers & specific need groups

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

Per the trustees' report, the Circuit faces challenges including high energy costs and reducing attendance, yet maintains a positive outlook on its future ministry. The accounts state total assets are £645,731, and the Circuit continues to provide financial and administrative support to its congregations despite these pressures.

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 3 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~30.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (73% 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

• Rev Robert Hurleychair
• ANN ELIZABETH RANDLE
• Adrian Self
• Alexander Bradley
• Andrew Bradley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ann Bakewell
• Ann Graham
• Brian Cupples · trustee of 1 other charity
• CAROL SIMPSON
• CAROLE ANN SOUTHALL
• Carole Taylor
• Caroline Dellow
• Cathy Fox
• Christine Nuttall
• DAVID HOPKINSON
• DAVID PURSEGLOVE
• EILEEN COUPE
• EILEEN GRIFFITHS
• Eleanor Robinson
• Gordon Bestwick
• Gwen Roe
• Heather Johnson
• JILL CHRISTINE RENSHAW
• JILL MOAKES
• JOHN WHITEHEAD
• Jill Moakes
• Joan Stokes
• Joanne Docherty
• Julian Bonfield
• KAREN GRICE
• Linda Smith
• Margaret Lee
• Mary Murray
• Melvyn Leslie Mee
• Michael Render
• PATRICIA JANE CHURNSIDE
• Patrick Lindley Dawson
• Pauline Render
• Philip John Hopkinson
• RICHARD IVAN SMITH

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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