Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

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

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 0

THE BROWNHILLS AND WILLENHALL METHODIST CIRCUIT

Acts as an umbrella body for 10 churches .Plays a part in the stationing of ministers. Provides a preaching plan for all church services.Ensures that the Safeguarding Policy of the Methodist Church is carried out and obtains the required checks.Arranges occasional joint acts of worship and events for the Circuit's churches.Provides shared resources for worship.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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	£175	£221	£-46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22	£235	£285	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21	£250	£254	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20	£238	£280	£-42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19	£245	£269	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18	£232	£282	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17	£235	£261	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16	£326	£507	£-181	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/15	£464	£279	£185	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/14	£265	£295	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/13	£259	£315	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/12	£267	£291	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/11	£234	£281	£-47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/10	£240	£376	£-136	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

www.brownhillsandwillenhallmethodistcircuit.o

jhawkins@god-is.org.uk

01922475083

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian religious associations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

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
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Walsall North Foodbank
£5,000	27/10/2022	Emergency grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (46)

Gender Split

Based on 43/46 persons

ALAN LOWBRIDGE

ANGELA NEWEY

BERYL THORNLEY Appointed: 2013

BETTY ASHBURNER

BOB SMITH Appointed: 2016

BRENDA BRADBURY Appointed: 2016

BRIAN HARRY WOOTTON Appointed: 2012

BRIAN HAYNES Appointed: 2022

CAROL ANNE HEWLITT Appointed: 2012

CYNTHIA BARBER

CARL JOHN BOLTON Appointed: 2021

DAVID JOHN PRICE

DIANE KATHLEEN SARGEANT Appointed: 2012

DYLYS BRADBURY Appointed: 2015

DIANA LOUISE BOLTON Appointed: 2022

EDNA MAY STOCKALL

ELAINE JUNE EDMUNDS Appointed: 2015

ELIZABETH ANN MOORE

ELIZABETH SMITH Appointed: 2013

FREDA ISOBEL WOODWARD Appointed: 2016

GLEN POOLE

HELEN MARY WEBSTER Appointed: 2022

JACKIE WHITEHOUSE

JANE BROWN

JOHN ANDREWS

JUDITH ANDREWS

KAREN ELIZABETH DRAYTON Appointed: 2022

KEITH WALTON

LIZI BIRD Appointed: 2012

MARGARET ANN HOWELLS Appointed: 2013

MARJORIE JUKES Appointed: 2017

MAUREEN CHRISTINE ALLCOCK Appointed: 2013

MICHAEL STUART SMITH Appointed: 2012

MICHAEL ANTHONY CRONOGUE Appointed: 2020

NEVILLE JOSEPH TAYLOR

NORMA C BRYAN

PAUL BOWDLER WILDE Appointed: 2019

PAUL ONIONS

REV PAT HORTON

ROBERT ALAN WHITEHOUSE Appointed: 2016

REV JEREMY ROBERT HAWKINS Appointed: 2018

STEVEN BRIAN BUTLER Appointed: 2015

SUSAN ELAINE NEWELL-PEDLEY

VALERIE BRENDA CLARKE

WENDY ELAINE HAWKINS Appointed: 2022

YVONNE GOUGH

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2010, number: 1134351

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Paying staff
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

Filing Record

14 returns made; all on time

Main office

29 Victoria Avenue
Bloxwich
Walsall
WS3 3HS

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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