YEOVIL AND BLACKMORE VALE METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1158290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide the Circuit churches with human resources (both Ministerial and Lay), pastoraloversight and care, leadership training and education, administration and coordination, all insupport of the churches promotion of the Christian faith.

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 SUBSIDIARY 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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Latest income

£146k

Latest spending

£3.0m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's funds were fully transferred to other circuits upon its closure, resulting in nil fund balances at the year-end. The charity received total income of £146,298 and dispersed £2,918,000, primarily due to the settlement of assets and liabilities associated with the merger. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern prior to the closure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“All assets and liabilities had been transferred to other circuits at the year-end so the balance carried forward was £Nil.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees received expense reimbursements

“In the current financial year, 3 trustees (2024: 4) received reimbursement of travel, office costs and supernumerary preaching fees totalling £2,509”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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

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

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£567k

Cost of raising funds

£25k

Reserves (reported)

£104k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (80% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Linda Francischair
Anne Elizabeth Cook · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Colin FARRANT B Sc,MB,BS
Elizabeth Fraser Fox · trustee of 1 other charity
GEOFFREY PHILIP GARDNER
GILLIAN MARGARET MANN WALSHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
Hayden Charles Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
JANET AURELIA ENGLISH B Ed · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Joy Evans
Mark Anthony Parsons · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Christina Le Moignan · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Judy Turner-Smith BA MA DPS
Rev Kate Elizabeth Konrad
Rev MARGARET ANN OXENHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Soon Cheol Choi · trustee of 1 other charity
STEPHEN ALLAN WATSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£146k	£3.0m
31/08/2024	£1.1m	£567k
31/08/2023	£390k	£352k
31/08/2022	£273k	£377k
31/08/2021	£294k	£362k

Common questions

Is YEOVIL AND BLACKMORE VALE METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's funds were fully transferred to other circuits upon its closure, resulting in nil fund balances at the year-end. The charity received total income of £146,298 and dispersed £2,918,000, primarily due to the settlement of assets and liabilities associated with the merger. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern prior to the closure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£27k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH EAST SOMERSET & BATH METHODIST CIRCUIT.

NORTH EAST SOMERSET & BATH METHODIST CIRCUIT income £704k
VALE OF STOUR METHODIST CIRCUIT income £276k
LAMBETH CIRCUIT METHODIST CHURCH income £490k
THE PETERBOROUGH CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH income £304k
THAMES VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT income £285k
WIRRAL METHODIST CIRCUIT income £784k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YEOVIL AND BLACKMORE VALE METHODIST CIRCUIT	£146k	—	below	—	no doubt
NORTH EAST SOMERSET & BATH METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£704k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VALE OF STOUR METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£276k	—	above	—	no doubt
LAMBETH CIRCUIT METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£490k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PETERBOROUGH CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH FY2025	£304k	—	unclear	—	noted
THAMES VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£285k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.