UPTON METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1189452 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian Methodist Church

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 unrestricted reserves held were £93,602.35, which the trustees note is held to cover liabilities for a period of 6 months and required building improvements. The charity received total receipts of £39,276 and made payments of £27,020, resulting in a net increase in funds for the year.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Anne Snape · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Ann Herron
• Glyn Meirion Owen
• Jayne Jones
• Josephine Sepkes-Jones
• Judith Hopewell
• Katrin Harwood · trustee of 1 other charity
• MOIRA THOMPSON
• Martin Ellis Adcock · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pauline Jennifer Owen
• Rev Sarah Jane Knebel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Katherine Badley
• Susan McCormick
• TERESA JANE NEAL
• Victoria Esme Neal

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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Side by side with its peers

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