Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

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

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 4

WEST DURHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT

Church based activities and promotion of mission and outreach opportunities contained within the mission statement and priorities of the Methodist Church.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 24 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£261	£265	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22		£253	£229	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21		£217	£201	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20		£149	£177	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19		£171	£216	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18	*	£371	£365	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17		£385	£381	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16		£218	£270	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/15		£348	£500	£-152	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/14		£163	£196	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/13		£159	£189	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/12		£203	£207	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/11		£171	£185	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

www.westdurhammethodists.org.uk

westdurhammethodists@gmail.com

01388762587

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Durham,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington	£77,580
County Durham Community Foundation	£8,000
Co-Operative Group	£3,211

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Our Confident Community
£3,211	23/10/2021	We will provide support and encourage the sharing of skills and activities between individuals and families through events addressing debt, health and wellbeing, and skill development.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Willington Open Door Methodist Church
£77,580	01/07/2021 36	To enable "Our Confident Community" Project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Our Confident Community
£3,000	27/11/2020	To support the "Our Confident Community" project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Our Confident Community
£5,000	04/06/2020	To support our confident community. project.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (24)

Gender Split

ANN BOWER

BRENDA SIMPSON Appointed: 2022

DAVID DIXON

DAVID WILLIAM GLASS

DEREK HADDON STAINES

DOROTHY EMERSON

DEACON LIESL COLLETTE WARREN Appointed: 2023

GILLIAN HERRON Appointed: 2018

HELEN PRYCE

IAN ROBERT GILLESPIE Appointed: 2022

JANET RICHARDSON

JUDITH BAINBRIDGE

JOHN BLOWES Appointed: 2019

KATHY PERRY

LYNDA JACKSON

MATTHEW HILTON Appointed: 2022

PAMELA HARPER

REV BRUCE JONATHAN SAWYER Appointed: 2018

REV CHRISTOPHER CHARLES HUMBLE (Chair) Appointed: 2017

ROGER CHARLES STONE Appointed: 2019

ROSEMARY MARGARET HALL Appointed: 2019

SUSAN ANNE HINE

STEPHANIE CLAIRE MASON Appointed: 2022

VALERIE WENDY DARBY Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/03/2010, number: 1134893

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR18: 171 days late,

Main office

7 New Road
Crook
DL15 8QE

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.

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