Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Deficit latest year: -2
Good reserves: +1
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

METHODIST CHURCH SOUTHEND AND LEIGH CIRCUIT

The Circuit is the administrative body for the seventeen Methodist Churches in the Southend and Leigh Circuit.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
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:

There are 44 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
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year but the charity has substantial reserves available

Established: 14 years

www.SouthendandLeigh.org.uk

SOUTHENDANDLEIGHCIRCUIT@GMAIL.COM

01702479476

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£393	£534	£-141	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/21		£405	£422	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/20		£445	£421	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/08/19	*	£994	£631	£363	£0	£2,693	£2,693	51.2	3	10
31/08/18	*	£451	£497	£-46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	15
31/08/17		£459	£484	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£390	£400	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£370	£391	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£366	£371	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£344	£332	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£354	£356	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£398	£443	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10		£579	£792	£-213	£0	£2,664	£2,597	39.4	5	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Religious Activities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body

Where it operates

Southend-on-sea,

Who it helps

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Essex Community Foundation	£27,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,984
HM Revenue & Customs	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Methodist Church Southend and Leigh Circuit
£10,000	23/02/2023	to support the core costs of the community work offered by a church in Southend including a foodbank, outreach services and afterschool activities
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Methodist Church Southend and Leigh Circuit
£500	14/02/2023	to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Methodist Church Southend and Leigh Circuit
£2,000	10/11/2022	towards the running costs associated with an elderly persons' lunch club in Leigh on Sea over the winter
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Methodist Church Southend and Leigh Circuit
£7,500	06/01/2022	to contribute to the core costs of the food bank and to upscaling advocacy and empowerment initiatives to enhance the lives of children and vulnerable adults in Southchurch Ward, Southend
National Lottery Community Fund - The Experience Project
£9,984	16/07/2021	The funding will be used to fund 2 part time female community support workers to engage specifically with local female residents to support and to signpost to other community services. The project ....more The funding will be used to fund 2 part time female community support workers to engage specifically with local female residents to support and to signpost to other community services. The project supports families living in poverty.
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£2,000	16/07/2021	Funding provided for Professional Advice Grant
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Methodist Church Southend and Leigh Circuit
£7,000	09/06/2021	to help employ a part-time older people’s worker supporting their return to normal social interaction as COVID19 restrictions are eased and associated costs of recreational activities

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (44)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 41/44 persons

Age Range of Trustees:

ALAN SAMBRIDGE Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: THE GREAT WAKERING HELPING HANDS ASSOCIATION,

ANNE BRIANT

ANNE DOREEN LANE

ANGELA MERENDA Appointed: 2018

BRUCE GLENDENNING Appointed: 2015

CAROLE GLENDENNING Appointed: 2015

CATHERINE TURNER Appointed: 2015

CLAIRE GUNN Appointed: 2022

DAISY HUMPHREYS Appointed: 2022

DEACON SARAH MCDOWALL Appointed: 2020

DONALD MAYES Appointed: 2022

EVA MARY HAYES

GABRIELLE GREENWAY Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: LEIGH WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH,

HEATHER SIMMS Appointed: 2020

IAN LOWE BSC HONS, Other trusteeship: LEIGH WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH,

JACQUELINE WALTON Appointed: 2013

JUDEE PETERSON Appointed: 2014

JUDITH TAYLOR Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: LEIGH WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH,

JANE FULFORD Appointed: 2022

KEITH NORMAN, Other trusteeships: RAYLEIGH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES TRUST, BAR-N-BUS TRUST, BEDFORDSHIRE ESSEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH,

LAWRENCE WARD Appointed: 2013

LINDA KING Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: METHODIST WOMEN IN BRITAIN,

MARGARET JOAN POULTER, Other trusteeship: UGANDA RIVER OF LIFE MINISTRIES,

MICHAEL SPAULL Appointed: 2015

MURIEL PREGNALL Appointed: 2018

NEELTJE CHARLES

PAUL WORNELL Appointed: 2019

RICHARD JOHN REEVES FCA, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeships: ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED, BENFLEET METHODIST CHURCH,

ROBERT BRIANT

ROBERT GRAY, Other trusteeships: THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY, BENFLEET METHODIST CHURCH,

REV AGNES SAM Appointed: 2022

REV CALVIN SAMUEL BA MBA PHD Appointed: 2019

REV MARGARET DEANS

REV NORMAN HOOKS BDED Appointed: 2019

REV PETER MOORHOUSE (Chair) Appointed: 2015

REV ZENA SMITH Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: THE METHODIST CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN, BENFLEET METHODIST CHURCH,

ROGER SMITH Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE SOUTHEND-ON-SEA TALKING NEWSPAPER,

SUSAN ALLUM Appointed: 2022

STEPHEN MAYO Appointed: 2018

TINA GOWERS Appointed: 2013

VALERIE SHEILA DOBBIN

VIVIEN ROBSON BA HONS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Teacher, Other trusteeship: TRINITY FAMILY CENTRE LIMITED,

WENDY COOMBES Appointed: 2015

WILLIAM FRANK EDMONDS Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/02/2010, number: 1134248

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR19: 30 days late, AR18: 78 days late,

Main office

Highlands Methodist Church
Sutherland Boulevard
LEIGH-ON-SEA
SS9 3PT

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.

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