Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

DURHAM AND DEERNESS VALLEY CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH

Religious Services, Bible Study and Prayer Groups,Children and Young People's Work, Lunch Clubs, Coffee Mornings

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 46 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	£179	£173	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22	£184	£219	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21	£206	£183	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20	£174	£381	£-207	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19	£530	£191	£339	£0	£546	£546	34.3	0	0
31/08/18	£171	£209	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17	£177	£189	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16	£194	£164	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/15	£215	£207	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/14	£227	£254	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/13	£219	£192	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/12	£286	£225	£61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/11	£294	£292	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/10	£218	£393	£-175	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 15 years

www.durhamdeernessmethodist.org.uk

susansmith0007@btinternet.com

01913710366

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to All Saints Church, Newton Hall
£42,000	07/02/2023 36	towards three years' salary and on costs for the Children and Young Families Worker of the Anglican/Methodist LEP in Durham.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (46)

Current Trustees appointed

ALAN CROSS

CAROLE ANN LOWRIE Appointed: 2016

DEACON JANE SUSAN MIDDLETON Appointed: 2012

DEACON RUTH MARION LACKENBY Appointed: 2018

DR FRANCIS EJIOGU NDAJI Appointed: 2012

DR PAULINE ELIZABETH WATSON Appointed: 2022

GWEN HENDERSON

HELEN FORSTER

HILARY MARGARET PHILLIPS Appointed: 2022

JOAN SCOTT

JOHN FAIRBAIRN Appointed: 2012

JOHN SCOTT Appointed: 2012

JOHN ALLEN Appointed: 2022

JOHN ROBERT FULLER Appointed: 2022

LINDA KIRBY

LINDA SUSAN TEMPLER

MABEL APPLEBY

MALCOLM WADGE

MARGARET ROSE LEWIS

MARGARET WADGE

MR W OFFLER

MAUREEN HOWATT Appointed: 2023

PAUL HARRISON Appointed: 2014

PETER ROBERT TEMPLER

PETER WILLIAM HALL

PROFESSOR MARK RICHARD WILSON Appointed: 2013

PAUL ROBERTS Appointed: 2022

PENNY BISSELL LLB HONS

PETER MCCUTCHEON Appointed: 2022

REVEREND RAYMOND HAY

REV BRIAN JOHN GAMESON Appointed: 2020

REV CAROLINE DICK

REV COLIN JAMES JACKSON Appointed: 2016

REV FIONA WEIR Appointed: 2022

REV GRAHAM JOHN PEADEN Appointed: 2022

REV JANET PATRICIA JACKSON Appointed: 2022

REV JEAN HUDSON Appointed: 2020

REV JOANNE THORNS

REV JOHN ARCHER SQUARES (Chair) Appointed: 2018

REV PAUL ANDREW BEETHAM Appointed: 2019

REV SUSAN WIGHAM Appointed: 2023

STELLA POPE Appointed: 2012

SUSAN HARRISON Appointed: 2023

SUSAN SMITH

SCHALK WILLEM WENTZEL JACOBUS VAN DER SANDT Appointed: 2022

WILLIAM MCCUTCHEON YOUNG Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/11/2009, number: 1132827

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; all on time

Main office

7 CRAGSIDE
WITTON GILBERT
DURHAM
DH7 6RZ

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 SUBSIDIARY 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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