FREE METHODIST CHURCH, GREAT ECCLESTON

Registered charity 514361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a family church, committed to serving God, one another and our community. Our mission is to see lives transformed by God's grace and power. On Sundays we come together to worship, hear the preaching of God's word and enjoy fellowship. There is a Sunday school and creche for the children. We have a mid-week prayer meeting, parent and toddler group, kidz club and youth club.

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE IN GREAT ECCLESTON OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, DISCIPLINES AND USAGES OF THAT CHURCH FOR THE TIME BEING AS SET FORTH IN THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE.

Area of benefit: GREAT ECCLESTON

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 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. The trustees acknowledge that further policies are yet to be adopted, noting that some are currently in progress. The charity relies on voluntary contributions and gifts in kind, the value of which the trustees state it would be impossible to place.

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 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Stephen Dunnchair
• Alison Groves
• Lynn Salthouse
• Patricia Louise Whitaker
• Peter Kevin Ayling
• ROB TOMKINS

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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