WESLEY CENTRE, HARROGATE

Registered charity 1168825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We manage premises which provide for regular acts of worship for members of the Methodist Church and non-members alike, and for worship for other Christian denominations. We seek to promote the whole mission of the Church by reaching out into the community, staging special events, services and concerts; and we provide facilities for other charities and community services at discounted rates

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 total unrestricted funds increased to £73,212, with the trustees considering current reserves adequate to cover routine expenditure and future maintenance. The charity reported a net surplus of £18,229 for the year, driven primarily by lettings income of £94,135. However, the trustees note a key vulnerability as approximately 40% of income comes from a single tenancy.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Benjamin Paul Cloweschair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Donald Lighton Rolls
• GEOFFREY RUNCORN · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Duncan Burns · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Ann Yeats · trustee of 2 other charities
• Leslie Andrew Sudron · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michael Greenberg · trustee of 3 other charities
• Victoria Wheatley

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).