Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

LEIGH WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH

METHODIST CHURCH
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 13 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

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£138£108£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£105£88£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£78£100£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£98£89£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£117£109£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£118£114£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£273£490£-217n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£355£346£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£166£127£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£325£168£158n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£130£153£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£165£116£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£110£113£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£193£187£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.wesleymethodist.org.uk

admin@wesleymethodist.org.uk

01702711851

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Southend-on-sea,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Funding for our work with older people and dementia
£2,500 15/11/2017
11
To contribute to the post of a support worker assisting older people and those with dementia in Leigh on Sea

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ANNA WRATISLAW
  • CLLR HELEN BOYD Appointed: 2012
  • DAVID NORMAN MBE Appointed: 2013
  • EILEEN SIMMONS Appointed: 2015
  • GABRIELLE GREENWAY Appointed: 2014
  • GEOFF HAWKINS Appointed: 2011
  • IAN LOWE BSC HONS
  • ISOBEL WRATISLAW
  • JUNE CHILDS Appointed: 2015
  • MR GEOFF HART
  • MRS JUDY TAYLOR
  • RUPERT BERTIE Appointed: 2016
  • SUE HOCKETT Appointed: 2011
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/06/2009, number: 1130293
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

ELM ROAD
LEIGH ON SEA
ESSEX
SS9 1SJ

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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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