TAVISTOCK METHODIST CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1168514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of the Christian faith in the local area by supporting and encouraging the work of the individual Methodist Churches.

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF:(A) THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL STANDARDS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH; METHODIST CHURCH ACT 1976 (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 BEING A 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

£154k

Latest spending

£156k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Circuit maintained a healthy financial position during the period. The charity holds £50,000 in reserves, with principal funding derived from the voluntary giving of its members and adherents.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: voluntary giving

“The charity’s principal source of funds is from the voluntary giving of its members and other adherents of the various church congregations.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
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
Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Total income

£736k

Total spending

£152k

Cost of raising funds

£80k

Reserves (reported)

£105k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 10.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Louise Mansfield Ali
Brian Gerald Dingle
Christine Hunt
DAVID EDWARD DODD
DR DAVID HUGH BENZIE · trustee of 1 other charity
Deborah Bevan
GRAHAM JOHN SHILLABEER · trustee of 1 other charity
Geoffery Ian Parsons
Hilary Ann Boot-Handford · trustee of 1 other charity
JACQUELINE WENDY PALMER · trustee of 2 other charities
JANE PEGGY MARY BALL
John William Milner
Lesley Jane Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
MARGARET JOAN GOSLING · trustee of 1 other charity
MELANIE GRACE TAMBLIN · trustee of 1 other charity
Neil Tamblin
PAMELA JANE WYLIE · trustee of 1 other charity
PAUL SMITH
PRIMROSE MARY SKEDGELL
Rev JEFFREY CHARLES MOLES
Robert Alan Palmer · trustee of 1 other charity
Sandra Dodd

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£154k	£156k
31/08/2024	£151k	£156k
31/08/2023	£160k	£773k
31/08/2022	£736k	£152k
31/08/2021	£133k	£162k

Common questions

Is TAVISTOCK METHODIST CIRCUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Circuit maintained a healthy financial position during the period. The charity holds £50,000 in reserves, with principal funding derived from the voluntary giving of its members and adherents.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAMFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT.

STAMFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT income £236k
UPPER THAMES METHODIST CIRCUIT income £152k
SALFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT income £134k
BUCKLEY AND DEESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £289k
HASTINGS BEXHILL & RYE METHODIST CIRCUIT income £695k
SHROPSHIRE & MARCHES METHODIST CIRCUIT income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TAVISTOCK METHODIST CIRCUIT	£154k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STAMFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£236k	—	—	unclear	—	noted
UPPER THAMES METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£152k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SALFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£134k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BUCKLEY AND DEESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£289k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
HASTINGS BEXHILL & RYE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£695k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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