Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 1

BLACK COUNTRY CIRCUIT

The charity operates in the Black Country area of the West Midlands and is part of the wider Methodist Church in the United Kingdom

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are 48 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 was lower than spending in the latest year

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	*	£243	£280	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22		£872	£499	£373	£0	£1,906	£1,906	45.8	4	0
31/08/21		£256	£259	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20		£257	£273	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19		£256	£262	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18		£226	£237	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17		£202	£187	£15	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: 8 years

https://www.blackcountrymethodistcircuit.org.

blackcountryad@gmail.com

07741885827

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to organisations
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (48)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 47/48 persons

Age Range of Trustees:

ALEX DAVID JAMES COOKSEY Appointed: 2015

CHRISTOPHER PEARCE M.SC, B.SC Appointed: 2015

DAVID GRAHAM ASHFIELD Appointed: 2015

DONALD ANDERSON Appointed: 2022

ESTHER WESTBURY Appointed: 2022

GAYNOR IDDLES Appointed: 2019

GRACE PEUMALU Appointed: 2019

HELEN ALLEN Appointed: 2014

IAN KEITH THOMSON Appointed: 2015

IAN BELCHER Appointed: 2015

IAN PALFREYMAN Appointed: 2015

IAN PAUL COLLETT MAAT JP Appointed: 2019

JEAN MARGARET MASON CERT ED Appointed: 2015

JOAN HOWES Appointed: 2015

JOHN SPENCER BLEWITT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Company Director

JUDITH MORGAN Appointed: 2022

JUNE MARY DAVIES Appointed: 2023

JENNIFER MARGARET BIBB Appointed: 2022

JOHN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022

JULIET ARITEY KISOB Appointed: 2022

KATHRYN JOAN TURNER Appointed: 2022

KIM LESLEY POLLARD Appointed: 2019

LESLIE STUART CHARTERS Appointed: 2022

LINDA JOAN HAYWOOD Appointed: 2022

MARGARET ANN MORGAN Appointed: 2015

MARGARET MOORE Appointed: 2015

MARJORIE ASHFIELD Appointed: 2015

MALCOLM DAVID FREEMAN MA Appointed: 2022

MALCOLM WILLS Appointed: 2018

MARY ANN THOMSON Appointed: 2022

PAT FOLEY Appointed: 2019

PAUL ANTHONY REYNOLDS Appointed: 2022

PAULINE MAY HODGETTS BEM Appointed: 2022

ROSEMARY ANNE JONES Appointed: 2015

REV CAROLE JUDITH HOLDEN Appointed: 2018

REV DENISE MAVIS WILLIAMS BA BSC HON (Chair) Appointed: 2015

ROBERT C PEUMALU Appointed: 2019

RONALD THOMAS TURNER Appointed: 2019

RUTH HELEN CHILDS LLB DIPTH Appointed: 2020

SHIRLEY ANN SHELTON Appointed: 2015

SUSAN DIANE SANDBROOK Appointed: 2015

SALLY ANNE WESTWOOD B.ED HONS Appointed: 2022

STEPHEN JOHN ALLEN Appointed: 2022

SYLVIA HARRISON Appointed: 2022

SYLVIA MARGARET MORRAN Appointed: 2019

TERENCE DAWSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Machine Setter Operator

TREVOR ALLAN Appointed: 2018

VANESSA HILL Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/07/2016, number: 1168391

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR23: 47 days late,

Main office

Leabrook Methodist Church
Leabrook Road North
WEDNESBURY
West Midlands
WS10 7LY

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.

Data Sources

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