DIGSWELL VILLAGE CHURCH

Registered charity 1212114 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DVC

Digswell Village Church is a gathering of Christians from different traditions, worshipping and working together in unity. We welcome everyone to our Sunday services and hold mid-week social activities which are attended by members and non-members alike. We seek to to be a Christian focus at the heart of the neighbourhood to celebrate the joy of knowing God.

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 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an operational deficit of £14,791 for the year, with total expenditure of £155,492 exceeding total income of £107,451. The trustees have designated £56,000 to cover deficits and £150,000 for mission projects, while unrestricted funds after designations exceed the stated policy target of £24,000. However, the document notes that trust income will fall substantially in the coming year as remaining trust capital is consumed to fund building refurbishment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Rosemary Mutopochair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Huw Wright
• Diana Moulton Holt
• Gillian Ann White
• JOHN NEIL ROBINSON · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jane Lewis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanne Margaret Peacock
• Julie Handscomb
• Linda Katharine Wright
• Mary Barbara Burnside
• Michael John Peacock
• Peter John Holt
• Robert John Handscomb

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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