Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
12+ Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

PONTELAND METHODIST CHURCH

Providing regular acts of worship open to church members and non-members. Teaching and promoting Christianity. Pastoral work. Taking religious assemblies in schools. Providing children's and youth clubs, and women's and men's meetings with a Christian ethos. Promoting the mission of the church. Supporting charities in the UK and overseas financially and through prayer.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are 22 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£126	£140	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/08/22	£120	£121	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/08/21	£128	£122	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/08/20	£119	£124	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/08/19	£132	£138	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/08/18	£129	£134	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17	£125	£111	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£124	£120	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	£232	£232	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	£123	£125	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	£152	£144	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	£143	£132	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11	£133	£136	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10	£135	£131	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09	£122	£129	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

http://www.ponteland-methodist-church.org.uk/

01661 872297

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Northumberland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
24 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (22)

Gender Split

ALISON WINIFRED BATES Appointed: 2017

ANN SUSAN COOPER

DIANNE SMALL Appointed: 2019

ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG Appointed: 2018

FRANCIS SYDNEY COWAN

GEOFFREY EDWARD LISLE Appointed: 2012

JUDITH ELIZABETH ORTON

MARGARET ANNE COWAN

MARGARET WARD ASHFORD

MARIANNE GROVES Appointed: 2012

NIGEL HENRY GORDON BATES Appointed: 2013

PATRICIA TURNER

PAULINE GROVES

PROF ROGER HERBERT DYE Appointed: 2017

PETER MICHELL

ROSEMARY BROWN Appointed: 2019

ALAN GROVES, Other trusteeship: HEDDON VILLAGE KNOTT MEMORIAL HALL,

ANDREW HISLOP ANDERSON, Other trusteeships: PONTELAND LIONS CLUB CHARITY TRUST FUND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEST METHODIST CIRCUIT,

BRYAN ASHFORD, Other trusteeship: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEST METHODIST CIRCUIT,

PAMELA VARLEY, Other trusteeship: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEST METHODIST CIRCUIT,

RICHARD JOHN VARLEY, Other trusteeships: M ST J WAY CHARITABLE TRUST, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEST METHODIST CIRCUIT,

ROSEMARY GRAY, Other trusteeship: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEST METHODIST CIRCUIT,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/12/2008, number: 1127080

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

Ponteland Methodist Church
Bell Villas
Ponteland
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE20 9BE

Objectives

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 dicipline 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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