CANTLEY METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1163447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cantley Methodist Church is part of the Doncaster Methodist Circuit. We offer religious services and activities to all in the local community. Pastoral work includes visits to the housebound, the sick, the bereaved and those in local residential care homes. Our premises are used regularly by local community groups during the week.

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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Latest income
£90k
Latest spending
£69k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £84,508, exceeding the trustees' policy target of £19,200 (three months' budgeted expenditure). The charity realized a surplus of £20,869 for the year, with total receipts of £89,528 against payments of £68,659.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Offerings and Tax recovered (59% of income)
“Offerings and Tax recovered 52,618” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months’ budgeted annual expenditure - £19,200 (held: £85k)
“The policy agreed by the Trustees is to maintain unrestricted funds at a level that equates to three months’ budgeted annual expenditure - £19,200 for the year under review.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£90k£69k
31/08/2024£87k£75k
31/08/2023£90k£90k
31/08/2022£87k£85k
31/08/2021£82k£84k

Common questions

Is CANTLEY METHODIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £84,508, exceeding the trustees' policy target of £19,200 (three months' budgeted expenditure). The charity realized a surplus of £20,869 for the year, with total receipts of £89,528 against payments of £68,659. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.