DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1163089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The church exists for the benefit of the local community to provide services and activities in accordance with the purposes of the Methodist Church.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church finished the financial year with a total surplus of £29,342, although this was significantly inflated by unspent grants totaling £25,700. After adjusting for these restricted funds, the unrestricted surplus was £3,642, continuing a positive trend from the previous year's surplus of £3,283. Total cash funds held by the church increased from £81,935 to £111,277, indicating stable liquidity.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Martin
• CHRISTINE LILIAN MACKENZIE
• Christine Parker
• Clare King
• Clive Brown
• DEACON ANTHONY BRIAN MARTIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Murley Stanbury
• Grahame Errington Drain
• Jean Auty
• Jeffrey Paul Gogarty · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Winser De Torre · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julia Watkins
• Karen Nicol
• Margaret Brown
• Margaret Saunders · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mary Stanbury
• Maureen Hartridge
• Michael Watts
• Rev Elizabeth Mary Harris · trustee of 3 other charities
• SARAH LOUISE JESSOP
• SIMON JONATHAN JESSOP
• Sandra Drain · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stuart Watkins · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• DEACON ANTHONY BRIAN MARTIN — trustee here and at South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit
• Jeffrey Paul Gogarty — trustee here and at South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit
• John Winser De Torre — trustee here and at South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit
• Margaret Saunders — trustee here and at South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit
• Rev Elizabeth Mary Harris — trustee here and at South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit
• Sandra Drain — trustee here and at South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.