THE FLOTTERGATE HOMES GRIMSBY

Registered charity 219533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide accommodation

Objects

TO ERECT AND MAINTAIN HOMES FOR THE OCCUPATION OF THE AGED AND INFIRM PREFERENCE BEING GIVE AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE TO PERSONS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF OR ADHERENTS OF ANY CHURCH IN THE GRIMSBY (WEST) CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH OR IN THE EVENT OF THERE BEING NO SUITABLE APPLICANTS FOR HOMES FROM THE BEFORE MENTIONED CHURCHES AS AND WHEN VACANCIES ARISE THEN PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF ADHERENTS OF ANY OTHER MEOTHIDST CHURCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£7k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net assets decreased from £1,427,502 to £1,234,364 due to a net expenditure of £51,060, largely driven by a loss on the sale of the Beaconthorpe property. The trustees report that church membership is a cause for concern and that Central Hall remains an ongoing concern, while noting that an action plan for Flottergate Homes is producing encouraging results.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Assessments on Churches (80% of income)

“The main source of income in this and every year is the assessments paid by the churches within the Circuit area. In the year to 31st August 2025, the assessments totalled £180,734 (2024: £201,552).” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately 50 % of the average expenditure (held: £1.2m)

“The Reserves Policy for the Circuit is to hold approximately 50 % of the average expenditure. This should be sufficient to meet any unforeseen item of major expenditure on manses and / or to be able to continue, in the short term, funding planned activities in the event of the failure of churches to meet their quarterly assessment liabilities in full.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Circuit is part of the Lincolnshire District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference. 13 operating Churches are linked to the Circuit and are listed in Appendix B to this Report.

“Related Parties The Circuit is part of the Lincolnshire District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference. 13 operating Churches are linked to the Circuit and are listed in Appendix B to this Report.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Neil Vickerschair · trustee of 2 other charities
ANGELA RUTH CONSTANT · trustee of 1 other charity
ANN CONN · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew MIchael Hornsby · trustee of 1 other charity
Angela Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
Annette Patricia Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
April Anne Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
BETHANY JADE WATKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Cheryl Hughes
Clifford Brian Towler · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID STEPHEN LAMLE · trustee of 1 other charity
DIANNE BURROWS · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr MICHAEL BRIAN GOUGH · trustee of 1 other charity
Elaine Watkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Hudson · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Kershaw
Hannah Hepworth · trustee of 1 other charity
Hazel Denise Salters · trustee of 1 other charity
Hilda Melanie Dickerson · trustee of 1 other charity
JEFFREY ALAN FIELDSEND · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN DAVID DICKERSON · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN DEREK HOLROYD · trustee of 1 other charity
Jacqueline Bishop · trustee of 1 other charity
John Francis Batty · trustee of 1 other charity
KENNETH HERRICK · trustee of 1 other charity
Kathryne Hart · trustee of 1 other charity
Keith Harold Landles · trustee of 1 other charity
MALCOLM CULLUM · trustee of 1 other charity
MATTHEW WILLIAM TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
Maureen Ann Mumby-Croft · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicola Yvonne Coles · trustee of 1 other charity
Patricia Crawshaw · trustee of 1 other charity
RUBY IRENE MUNNINGS · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Alexander Conn · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Barry Robert Armson · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Hazel Humphries · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Ian Harry Wales · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Jade Bath · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev John Michael Lowe Boardman · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Patrick James Mickleburgh · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North East Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£28k	£7k
31/08/2024	£27k	£5k
31/08/2023	£24k	£14k
31/08/2022	£15k	£56k
31/08/2021	£14k	£32k

Common questions

Is THE FLOTTERGATE HOMES GRIMSBY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted net assets decreased from £1,427,502 to £1,234,364 due to a net expenditure of £51,060, largely driven by a loss on the sale of the Beaconthorpe property. The trustees report that church membership is a cause for concern and that Central Hall remains an ongoing concern, while noting that an action plan for Flottergate Homes is producing encouraging results. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.