Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

MID CHESHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT 

Church Activities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 59 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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£209£261£-52n/an/an/an/an/a412
31/08/21£239£313£-74n/an/an/an/an/a400
31/08/20£346£280£67n/an/an/an/an/a460
31/08/19*£228£237£-9n/an/an/an/an/a460
31/08/18£935£313£622£0£1,799£1,79468.760
31/08/17£243£446£-203£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£413£294£119£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£343£402£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£371£290£81£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£430£271£159£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12*£237£224£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£238£243£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10*£235£235£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Cheshire West & Chester,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 412 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (59)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 55/59 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2010, number: 1135031
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR19: 72 days late, AR12: 337 days late, AR10: 13 days late,
Main office

Nortwich Methodist Outreach Centre
Witton Street
Northwich
CW9 5LP

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 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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