PRIORY METHODIST CHURCH, BEDFORD

Charity number: 1127751
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Priory Methodist Church is a worshipping community and promotes the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £139,584
Total expenditure: £139,273

People

20 Trustee(s)

30 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Bedford

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 January 2009: Previously excepted registration
Organisation type:
Previously excepted
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

20 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Neville Francis Posnett Trustee 31 March 2025
None on record
Brenda Christine Hearn Trustee 26 April 2023
None on record
Lorraine Ann Kalyan Trustee 02 April 2023
None on record
JENNIFER MARY WOOD Trustee 02 April 2023
None on record
Susan Mary Gordon Trustee 13 February 2023
None on record
Jasine Belinfante Trustee 13 February 2023
None on record
Rev Michael Giles Trustee 01 September 2022
None on record
Rev Christopher Sandy Trustee 07 July 2022
None on record
Karen Julie Gaunt Trustee 07 June 2022
None on record
Margaret Sutherland Brown Trustee 01 October 2021
THE NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time
Colin Paul Watts Trustee 15 March 2020
None on record
Jane McVey Trustee 01 September 2019
THE NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time
Keith Michael Gaunt Trustee 01 June 2019
None on record
Lynne Gound Trustee 15 February 2019
None on record
Barbara Kathleen Barlow Trustee 22 March 2015
None on record
Jennifer Lloyd SRN, SCM Trustee 12 February 2015
None on record
Kathy Saw Yean Lewis Trustee 01 November 2013
None on record
HUBERT TSATSU AMETEFE Trustee 28 June 2013
None on record
CARMEN ROWE Trustee 28 June 2013
THE NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time
Elizabeth Mary Little Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £128.52k £104.28k £124.57k £177.99k £139.58k
Total expenditure £119.54k £114.87k £113.71k £121.85k £139.27k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £7.75k N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 August 2024 20 March 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 20 March 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 15 March 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 15 March 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 20 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 20 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 14 April 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 14 April 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 01 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 01 February 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)

Charitable objects

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 dicipline 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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

Contact information

Address:
PRIORY METHODIST CHURCH
63 NEWNHAM AVENUE
BEDFORD
MK41 9QJ
Phone:
01234353523
Email:
office@priorychurch.org.uk
Website:

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