STOKE ON TRENT MISSION CIRCUIT

Registered charity 1185146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Equip Churches for mission.Train local preachers to spread the word of GodProvides Manses and Stipends for Ministers to enable them to perform ministry.Provides training and support to Churches in fulfilling financial, legal and safeguarding obligations.

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 income for the year was £340,540 against total expenditure of £292,051, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £938,352, with free reserves of £232,570, which the trustees confirm covers over four months of foreseeable expenditure in line with their reserves policy.

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.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~20.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Kathryn Stephenschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alison Louise Price
• Andrew John Carey
• Bernard Frank Rushton
• Beverley Rushton
• Brian Robert Barber
• Colin Taft
• David Greatbatch
• Derek Mack
• Frederick Sarpong-Boateng
• GLYNIS COOPER · trustee of 1 other charity
• HOWARD DOBSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hilary Trethaway
• John Michael Hibberts
• John Taylor
• Kenneth Coates
• Keri Michelle Blanch
• LLOYD COOKE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lauren Brabbs
• Mary Jane Hibbert
• Nanette Hulse
• Olwyn Elizabeth Clarke
• PETER ARTHUR BUTTERWORTH A.I.B. · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pauline Florence Howe
• Peter George Ellis
• Rev Peter Alan Hancock
• Rev William Arthur Wakelin
• Roslyn Marie Leese
• STEPHEN ROY ADAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sandra Ecclestone
• Susan Elsie Elizabeth Simcoe
• Sylvia Brookes
• Timothy Sproston
• Yvonne Willett

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

Operates in: Stoke-on-trent City

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