DORSET GARDENS METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1160211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DG

1. Providing worship (Methodist)2. Serving the community (see Annual Report)3. Providing pastoral support to members of the Church and the community.

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 church incurred a deficit in the general accounts for the year, with running costs exceeding income. This shortfall was covered using returned funds from a previous pension reserve contribution and a legacy received from the estate of Revd Mary Bailey.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dorset Gardens Methodist Church (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA ANN LAMB
• DR TONY LEONARD Q.P.M., BSC (ECON), PH.D
• Dr Deeptima Massey
• IAN HATTON LAMB
• Jennifer Susan Lamb
• KATHLEEN LEONARD
• MICHAEL ROBERT HICKMAN B.ED · trustee of 1 other charity
• MISS BETH WHITTAKER SRN, SCM, ONC, OND
• MR KEN SMITH · trustee of 2 other charities
• MRS SUE HARRINGTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul STEADMAN
• ROSEMARY ANN CUTHBERT
• Raymond Waller
• Rev ANDREW LOWE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Heather Alison LEAKE DATE · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEVE PRESTON
• Samantha Dyke
• Victoria Kennedy

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Common questions

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