Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

BURNLEY AND PENDLE METHODIST CIRCUIT 

Religious activities - Burnley area
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 56 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/08/22£294£332£-38n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/21£332£290£42n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/20£337£342£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19£325£405£-80n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/18£490£504£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£200£183£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£208£209£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15*£216£458£-242£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£196£322£-126£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£269£209£60£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£178£233£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£278£296£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10*£186£186£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.burnleyandpendlemethodistcircuit.com

circuitoffice@2101methodists.org

01282613165

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - CRF21 The Managing Trustees of Brierfield Methodist Church
£15,800 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF21 The Managing Trustees of Brierfield Methodist Church
£14,300 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Brierfield Methodist Church
£210,000 18/03/2014
Pendle: Brierfield Methodist Church, Brierfield

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (56)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/11/2009, number: 1132972
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR15: 5 days late, AR10: 46 days late,
Main office

15 Pendle Fields
Fence
BURNLEY
Lancashire
BB12 9HN

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 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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