WHITEFIELD METHODIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1209762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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 the church held total funds of £73,689.97 at the end of the year, an increase from the previous year's £55,597.25. The trustees confirmed that the accounts were prepared from records including all funds under the control of the Church Council and were approved by the Church Council.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Sally Ann Thorntonchair
• Andrea Joanne Coleman
• Andrew Clifford Young
• Ashra Ramlogan
• Bethany Esther Thornton
• Craig Matthew Aspey
• Elaine Muriel Quick
• Enid Cathcart
• Erica Jane Keith
• Gillian Carol Long
• JEAN HANDLEY
• Jennifer Louise Aspey
• Lesley Joanne Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL RICHARD THORNTON MIBS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas Leslie Coleman
• REV JOHN LAURENCE BULLAS
• Robert Douglas Cathcart
• SYLVIA JOAN BULLAS
• Susan Garnett
• Wendy Richardson

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

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