South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit

Charity number: 1164581
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To provide an umbrella organisation enabling the 9 churches of the circuit to operate under Methodist Church rules. The Circuit employers Ministers who work in these churches. The Circuit also produces a quarterly preaching plan to ensure regular acts of worship take place at each of the churches in the circuit. These are open to all, without charge.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2025

Total income: £369,831
Total expenditure: £367,720

People

59 Trustee(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

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Worcestershire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 26 November 2015: Previously excepted registration
  • 14 July 2020: Funds received from 1134233 STRATFORD AND EVESHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT
Organisation type:
Previously excepted
Other names:
  • South Worcestershire Methodist Circuit (Working name)
  • SOUTH WEST WORCESTERSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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

59 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Margaret Voyiagis Trustee 17 September 2025
EVESHAM METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Rosemary Jean Edwards Trustee 17 September 2025
None on record
Heath William Watton Trustee 17 September 2025
None on record
Ian Thomas Trustee 17 September 2025
None on record
David Mather Trustee 18 September 2024
None on record
Rev Elizabeth Mary Harris Trustee 18 September 2024
EVESHAM METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Suzanne Elizabeth Nevitt Trustee 26 June 2024
ST ANDREW'S METHODIST CHURCH WORCESTER
Received: On time
SHEILA WEARY Trustee 26 June 2024
EVESHAM METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Susan Jennifer Hicks Trustee 26 June 2024
None on record
Donald Ian Pritchard Trustee 13 March 2024
None on record
Rev Pauline Salter Trustee 06 June 2023
None on record
Henry Lewis Trustee 06 June 2023
None on record
ANNE DOROTHY MARTIN Trustee 07 March 2023
None on record
Jeffrey Paul Gogarty Trustee 07 March 2023
DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Heather Anne Vivienne Lewis Trustee 07 March 2023
ST ANDREW'S METHODIST CHURCH WORCESTER
Received: On time
Richard Howitt Barley Trustee 01 November 2022
None on record
Rev Stephen David Thomas Froggatt Trustee 01 September 2022
None on record
Deacon Corinne Brown Trustee 01 September 2022
ST ANDREW'S METHODIST CHURCH WORCESTER
Received: On time
Pamela Christine Hawkeswood Trustee 01 September 2022
ST ANDREW'S METHODIST CHURCH WORCESTER
Received: On time
Annette Thomas Trustee 01 September 2022
None on record
Carolyn Proctor Trustee 08 March 2022
None on record
Margaret Saunders Trustee 14 September 2021
EVESHAM METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Avesia Vivianne McWhirter Trustee 09 March 2021
None on record
Karl Andrew Evans Trustee 23 February 2021
None on record
Sandra Drain Trustee 13 October 2020
DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Grahame Drain Trustee 13 October 2020
None on record
Elizabeth Anne Yelland Trustee 17 September 2019
EVESHAM METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Peter Gwilliam Trustee 17 September 2019
None on record
PATRICIA LANDER Trustee 17 September 2019
None on record
Colin Glynn HOLLIES Trustee 17 September 2019
None on record
John Winser De Torre Trustee 17 September 2019
DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
DIANE CAPEL Trustee 17 September 2019
EVESHAM METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Rosalyn Ann Kane Trustee 17 September 2019
EVESHAM METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
ANDREW CHARLES CAPEL Trustee 17 September 2019
None on record
RICHARD INGLES Trustee 17 September 2019
None on record
DAVID ARTHUR HASLAM Trustee 17 September 2019
None on record
VANESSA DAY Trustee 26 February 2019
None on record
Rev Katherine Jill Pickering Trustee 01 September 2018
ST ANDREW'S METHODIST CHURCH WORCESTER
Received: On time
JEREMY PAUL CURTIS Trustee 19 June 2018
None on record
Rev Nigel John Coke-Woods Trustee 01 September 2017
None on record
Avril Phillips Trustee 07 September 2016
None on record
HOWARD VERNON ASHFORD Trustee 15 September 2015
None on record
JOHN BRIAN EDWARDS Trustee 15 September 2015
None on record
DAVID ARTHUR LAWRANCE Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
MAUREEN DIANE LILIAN DAVIS Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
ANNE VERONICA RICH Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
GEOFFREY CHARLES COX Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
TIM HIGGINSON Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
HAZEL MAY LAWRANCE Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
PETER MICHAEL GRIMWOOD Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
JOHN RICHARD MERRIMAN Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
CHRISTOPHER JOHN DAVIS Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
NICHOLAS JOHN STEPHENS Trustee 01 September 2015
LYPPARD GRANGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED
Received: On time
TOM LIBBY Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
MARY AUSTIN Trustee 01 September 2015
ST ANDREW'S METHODIST CHURCH WORCESTER
Received: On time
CHRISTINE JOAN PARKER Trustee 01 September 2015
ST ANDREW'S METHODIST CHURCH WORCESTER
Received: On time
PHILIP RIDLEY WETHERALL Trustee 01 September 2015
MALVERN CHURCHES' COMMUNITY NETWORK
Charity reporting is overdue by 1531 days
DEACON ANTHONY BRIAN MARTIN Trustee 01 September 2015
DROITWICH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
ROBERT LEWIN-JONES Trustee 01 September 2015
ST ANDREW'S METHODIST CHURCH WORCESTER
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024 31/08/2025
Total gross income £347.72k £343.76k £512.42k £771.63k £369.83k
Total expenditure £322.00k £347.85k £280.65k £342.28k £367.72k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A N/A £1.97k £400 N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A N/A £0 £0 N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A N/A £300.01k £298.37k N/A
Income - Endowments N/A N/A £0 £0 N/A
Income - Investment N/A N/A £13.22k £23.08k N/A
Income - Other N/A N/A £197.23k £449.79k N/A
Income - Legacies N/A N/A £0 £0 N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A N/A £278.90k £332.16k N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A £0 £0 N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A N/A £3.54k £1.32k N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A N/A £0 £0 N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A N/A £0 £0 N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A N/A £1.76k £10.12k 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 2025 09 April 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2025 09 April 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2024 16 May 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 16 May 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 24 May 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 24 May 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 23 June 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 23 June 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 30 June 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 30 June 2022 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) ADOPTED 01 SEP 2010 as amended on 17 Sep 2019

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 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.

Contact information

Address:
Amphlett House
114 Worcester Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 8AW
Phone:
07483 142169
Email:
sworcsmethodist@gmail.com
Website:

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