Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 2

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 3

ST THOMAS METHODIST CHURCH, EXETER

The charity provides religious worship and teaching open to all. The Church seeks to care for both those within its membership and the wider community and to serve the community in which it is set.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 15 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
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/08/22		£66	£66	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21		£169	£163	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20		£171	£156	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19		£212	£211	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18		£236	£223	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/17		£193	£211	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/16		£223	£258	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/15	*	£201	£190	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/14		£183	£175	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/13		£181	£186	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/12		£172	£167	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/11	*	£175	£170	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/10	*	£177	£176	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.stthomasmethodist.co.uk

01392255791

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Devon,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Community Larder
£4,000	11/02/2021 1	Grant to St Thomas Methodist Church
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Barnstaple Yeo Opening (BYO) Fish Migration Project
£97,289	01/04/2018	Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW BOLTON Appointed: 2022

DAVID HOUSE Appointed: 2017

DAVID KIRK Appointed: 2016

ESTHER REED Appointed: 2023

JOSEPHINE JAMES Appointed: 2022

MARY BEWS Appointed: 2022

PETER CHARLES BENNETT

PAUL HUNKIN Appointed: 2022

RACHEL SCOTT Appointed: 2018

SUE COLLINS Appointed: 2017

SUSAN SHUTE Appointed: 2022

ANN MATTHEWS Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: EXETER COAST AND COUNTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT,

DAVID BRADFORD Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: EXETER COAST AND COUNTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT,

JANET LEE, Other trusteeship: EXETER COAST AND COUNTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT,

REV JULIAN CLIVE ALBROW (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: EXETER COAST AND COUNTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2010, number: 1135010

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR15: 108 days late, AR11: 31 days late, AR10: 125 days late,

Main office

21 DUNSFORD ROAD
EXETER
EX4 1LG

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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