01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Previously excepted
- Registered
- 3 June 2011
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £637,783
- Latest expenditure
- £866,858
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Broad Lane Methodist Chapel, Audlem Road, NANTWICH, Cheshire, CW5 7EB
Website recorded by the regulator: www.cheshiresouth.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Our circuit is the main focus for mission to the communities we serve through our local churches. Our aims are tied in with the Methodist Church in Great Britain and the main one is the advancement of the Christian Faith through the witness and worship of all our members. We do this in accordance with the doctrines, standards and disciplines of the Methodist Church.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £637,783
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £866,858
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £665,930
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,177,161
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £463,198
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £714,079
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £558,412
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £747,828
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £612,717
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £691,484
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £637,783
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £866,858
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 120
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £665,930
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,177,161
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £8,789
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 50
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 25 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £463,198
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £714,079
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 21 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £558,412
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £747,828
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £602
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 30
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 21 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £612,717
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £691,484
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £21,120
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 30
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 8966
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 843
- Income Charitable Activities
- 531730
- Income Investments
- 96244
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 637783
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £25,936
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £840,922
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 866858
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 25936
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 33114
- Expenditure Governance
- 48731
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 61610
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 4417
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £723,711
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3925017
- Assets Own Use
- 2448017
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1477000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £829,640
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £275,138
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,479,519
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 275138
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £723,711
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 4460255
- Funds Restricted
- 19264
- Funds Total
- 4479519
- Count Employees
- 16
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 June 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 28194
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 559989
- Income Investments
- 21842
- Income Other
- 55905
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 665930
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £33,286
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,143,875
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1177161
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 72261
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1997
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £704,690
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3981530
- Assets Own Use
- 3981530
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £829,212
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £334,398
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,476,344
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 334398
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £704,690
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 4476344
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 4476344
- Count Employees
- 12
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 21 November 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 34145
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 39266
- Income Charitable Activities
- 483575
- Income Investments
- 1426
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 558412
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £37,136
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £710,692
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 747828
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 36822
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 36835
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3441
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 1379616
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £310,498
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4870909
- Assets Own Use
- 4858653
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 12256
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £413,995
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £46,137
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,238,767
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 46137
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £310,498
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 5238767
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 5238767
- Count Employees
- 17
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 21 November 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 39145
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 12047
- Income Charitable Activities
- 517183
- Income Investments
- 610
- Income Other
- 43732
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 612717
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £19,481
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £672,003
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 691484
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 33825
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3955
- Gain Loss Investment
- 225570
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £347,807
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3612734
- Assets Own Use
- 3599657
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 13077
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £458,690
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £22,857
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,048,567
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 22857
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £347,807
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 4048567
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 4048567
- Count Employees
- 17
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cheshire East
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Wrexham
- Welsh Ind
- Yes
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Shropshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CHESHIRE SOUTH METHODIST CIRCUIT
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2011-06-03T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20/09/1932
- 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.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff