## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] September 2024 To 31[st] August 2025** ## **Charity name: Tavistock Methodist Circuit** **Charity registration number: 1168514** ## **Objectives and Activities** |||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Our Mission Statement: Building Christian
centred churches that, in the power of the
Holy Spirit, and in partnership with other
Christian churches, serve their
communities, and make disciples of Jesus,
to the glory of the Father.
See also the Methodist Church Act 1976.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|Provision of public worship in each of the
Churches that together comprise the
Tavistock Methodist Circuit. Certain of the
Churches are authorised to carry out
weddings, baptisms and funerals.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had due regard to the
Charity Commission’s guidance on public
benefits.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Grant making is not a primary role of the
charity. However, from time to time, the
Circuit provides financial assistance to
individual churches, to enable them to carry
out appropriate mission projects.| Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** |||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Regular acts of worship occur in each
Church allowing people to express their
faith in God. Other group meetings allow
fellowship, support and growth in faith. In
co-operation with other denominations in
the area, various support groups and
activities bring benefits to the wider
community.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Donations cover the costs of buildings,
employees and activities within the Circuit.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**inancial Review**||| |---|---|---| |||| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|As a whole, the Circuit managed to maintain
a healthy financial position.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£50,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity’s principal source of funds is
from the voluntary giving of its members
and other adherents of the various church
congregations.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |||| |---|---|---| |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Act of Parliament| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Model Trust| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by Circuit Meeting or individual
church councils (some ex officio).| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** Charity name Tavistock Methodist Circuit ||| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1168514| |Charity’s principal address|Tavistock Methodist Church
Chapel Street
Tavistock
PL19 8DX| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |1|Rev Chris Brown|Presbyter (Chair
of Meeting)||Ex officio| |2|Rev J Moles|Supernumerary
Minister||Ex officio| |3|Rev P Smith|Circuit
Steward/Peter
Tavy Church||Circuit Meeting| |4|Rev M Richards|Circuit
Steward/Yelvert
on Church||Circuit Meeting| |5|Mr R Palmer|Circuit
Steward/Tavisto
ck Methodist
Church||Circuit Meeting| |6|Mrs L Wright|Circuit
Steward/Bere
Alston United
Church||Circuit Meeting| |7|Mrs P Wylie|Circuit
Steward/Tavisto
ck Church||Circuit Meeting| |8|Mrs M Tamblin|Circuit
Administrator/Ci
rcuit Archivist||Ex officio| |9|Mr N Tamblin|Circuit Steward
– Finance||Circuit Meeting| |10|Mrs P Skedgell|Local
Preachers’ Rep||Circuit Meeting| |11|Mrs H Boot-
Handford|Treasurer Bere
Alston United
Church||Bere Alston United
Church| |12|Mr I Parsons|Bere Alston
United Church||Bere Alston United
Church| |13|Mrs L Wright|Bere Alston
United Church||Bere Alston United
Church| |14|Mr J Emptage|Treasurer -
Horrabridge
Church||Horrabridge Church| |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |15|Mr N Wylie|Horrabridge
Church||Horrabridge Church| |16|Mr G Shillabeer|Mary Tavy
Church||Mary Tavy Church| |17|Mr B Dingle|Mary Tavy
Church||Mary Tavy Church| |18|Mr D Dodd|Treasurer –
Peter Tavy
Church||Peter Tavy Church| |19|Mrs J Ball|Peter Tavy
Church||Peter Tavy Church| |20|Mrs S Dodd|Lay Pastoral
Worker/Peter
Tavy Church||Circuit Meeting| |21|Mr R Oxborough|Treasurer -
Tavistock
Church||Tavistock Church| |22|Mrs P Sawyer|Tavistock
Church||Tavistock Church| |23|Mrs D Bevan|Tavistock
Church||Tavistock Church| |24|Mrs P Wylie|Tavistock
Church||Tavistock Church| |25|Mrs C Hunt|Yelverton
Church||Yelverton Church| |26|Mrs M Luckhurst|Yelverton
Church||Yelverton Church| |27|Dr D Benzie|Circuit
Safeguarding
Officer||Circuit Meeting| |28|Mrs J Palmer|TACT||Circuit Meeting| |29|Mrs A Mansfield|Pioneer Worker||Circuit Meeting| |30|Mrs S Dodd|Circuit Pastoral
Worker||Circuit Meeting| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Lesley Jane Wright **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Circuit Steward **Date** 20/5/2026 CIRCUIT RECEIPTSAND PAYNE NTS ACCOU NTS THE METHODISTCHURCH STANDARD FIJiM OF ACCOUNTS TAVISTIKK Circ¥t FOR IHE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Distrid Circuit r R￿lS￿r0d Charty -charity Registration nwr**er 1168514 If nc* a f￿15t￿ed c*arty Hi5 Mapsty's Re%enLbe Customs Gift Aid nwnber (The HKFIC W[r4>￿ ￿ e4Liv￿￿t toa ieBBtere¢ (*arty TrLVnb￿ interTn5 ofeV￿eT￿eof 5tstL and Tn￿ be used to gtwe W￿h￿￿ to see ofthe LY￿￿￿51￿)rf9 ststU3 in &gLqtYJ BTYJ W9￿5 tt%st not r415ts8J we e¥owted frotn r*a5tr%ticffl urd•r Statutrrfy knstrLm*it 114 No2421 nBtery." Re/ CIT5to*.er Re¥ P8L! Stnith IS.w.LvnswJl............................................._......_._ Rèv Mdcdm Flir*&r&.1￿p.nL￿#Wj￿........................................-......-.- Joh? HA.ky..{Suw.nu.rwl..............................................._......_._ Crvjit Sknwd5". trs P¥rnW￿ tr Rc*b Pakror Ti*A5ulQr' N•il T￿n￿￿1 AccouNfi FDTITrEYE4T1ENL￿DJI •tX25 TAW¥TOCK ¢JtvA SECThJNA REQVTS 142.•5• 4Jl cfB Irrnrn• 153X VE5 172 ITI¥• TOTAL ￿cEPTI 1¢lJ21 415*2 6•7.11• 1517•1 IECTrJN PA YTrtNTS a2.5? 10.705 1•.7•5 et Jt,? 17CQ SlJJ¢ 2T.94 Gff4rts& b7 1•.$•4 TOTAL PATrWNTS 14AÈ7 IS1.$54 3•b*21 ¥Ec￿lI C NET REC8PTI￿A1TrwlT1 FOR lJJSl )•7.• (225•) T&￿, 4JrdsiMJ 8tr2￿1 Subtotsl ?47 TOTALFLIIDI AT EMDOFYUR 4$2 SECWNO ORINFORWrnNOMLY." REC8%EDAI•DPAIIEDON TO EXTERtri4L ORGAMMTPJtIs tlw• mnts iholld nott• Ir* Cl￿rt Declarations and Scrutiny .1 confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 202Shave prepared from the record5 of the Circuit and that they include all fLFnds under the control of the Circuit meetina. Slgnature of tr8asurnr ........... Date... 1.iJ.f12ulS Name and address of treasLTrrer ......... . P08t Code. .... Prns•ntatlon to th• Clrcult me•tlng I confirm thal the annual report and accounts for the ended 31 August 20$were Signature of the Chair of the meeting NameoftheChairofth&msèting ..c...f....E£.0.￿fr&................. Independent Examlner's Report to the Trusteos of the . Clrcuft Charlty hlumb8r ....... ...... Re8pon$lbllltles and bas18 of report I reporttothe trusteeson myexamination ofthe accountsof the........................................ Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages ... As the Circu￿$ trustees. you are ￿$￿nSible for the preparats.on of the accLJunts in accordance bwth the requirements of the ChaT1t￿ Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Circuit's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and. in carying out my examination. I have followe(l all the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 145151(bl of the Act. . delete or circb as appropriate 4rf0 Narne of Circuit..... No.. Inde endent Examln•fs Statsm•nt I have completed my examination. I confirrn that no material matters have come to my atten￿￿1 in connection wrth the examination loth&r than that discto8ed bek)￿l whth grve m8 causé to bèli￿& that in, any material ￿SPeCt.. D the accountin r8cords w&r¥ not k¥ t In a¢¢ordanc* wNh secbon 130 ofthe Ad. or the accounts do not accord with the accountin I hava no concèm$ ond have come acr08s no other matters in Conn8d￿l with th? examinatM)n to which attents'on should be dravm In IhL* orK)rt in rwder to enab￿ a prcyer un(Jer8tandlno of the a¢¢ounts to Ix reached. I haVelhavtrNo￿btaln$d independent verification of all investments th8 Tru$t¢gs fof Methodi8t Church Purp080s or h•hY in othèr trLt$t$, bank balan¢08 and ttjnds at the Central Finance Board of the M¢lhodi81 Church which arn Ind￿￿￿￿11Y In •xc888 of £10,CKQ (tèn thou8and pound81 at balance 8ho&t d•te. nature of inde ndent examiner Name ol indeLe.nd8nt exarnin•r R•lèv8nl rofe85ional ualification ol inde •nd•nl examinar Name ol firm.Ibvhere a Address Po$t Cc*Je Date de￿te or circle as nata CIRCUIT RECEIPTSAND PAYNE NTS ACCOU NTS THE METHODISTCHURCH STANDARD FIJiM OF ACCOUNTS TAVISTIKK Circ¥t FOR IHE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2025 Distrid Circuit r R￿lS￿r0d Charty -charity Registration nwr**er 1168514 If nc* a f￿15t￿ed c*arty Hi5 Mapsty's Re%enLbe Customs Gift Aid nwnber (The HKFIC W[r4>￿ ￿ e4Liv￿￿t toa ieBBtere¢ (*arty TrLVnb￿ interTn5 ofeV￿eT￿eof 5tstL and Tn￿ be used to gtwe W￿h￿￿ to see ofthe LY￿￿￿51￿)rf9 ststU3 in &gLqtYJ BTYJ W9￿5 tt%st not r415ts8J we e¥owted frotn r*a5tr%ticffl urd•r Statutrrfy knstrLm*it 114 No2421 nBtery." Re/ CIT5to*.er Re¥ P8L! Stnith IS.w.LvnswJl............................................._......_._ Rèv Mdcdm Flir*&r&.1￿p.nL￿#Wj￿........................................-......-.- Joh? HA.ky..{Suw.nu.rwl..............................................._......_._ Crvjit Sknwd5". trs P¥rnW￿ tr Rc*b Pakror Ti*A5ulQr' N•il T￿n￿￿1 AccouNfi FDTITrEYE4T1ENL￿DJI •tX25 TAW¥TOCK ¢JtvA SECThJNA REQVTS 142.•5• 4Jl cfB Irrnrn• 153X VE5 172 ITI¥• TOTAL ￿cEPTI 1¢lJ21 415*2 6•7.11• 1517•1 IECTrJN PA YTrtNTS a2.5? 10.705 1•.7•5 et Jt,? 17CQ SlJJ¢ 2T.94 Gff4rts& b7 1•.$•4 TOTAL PATrWNTS 14AÈ7 IS1.$54 3•b*21 ¥Ec￿lI C NET REC8PTI￿A1TrwlT1 FOR lJJSl )•7.• (225•) T&￿, 4JrdsiMJ 8tr2￿1 Subtotsl ?47 TOTALFLIIDI AT EMDOFYUR 4$2 SECWNO ORINFORWrnNOMLY." REC8%EDAI•DPAIIEDON TO EXTERtri4L ORGAMMTPJtIs tlw• mnts iholld nott• Ir* Cl￿rt Declarations and Scrutiny .1 confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 202Shave prepared from the record5 of the Circuit and that they include all fLFnds under the control of the Circuit meetina. Slgnature of tr8asurnr ........... Date... 1.iJ.f12ulS Name and address of treasLTrrer ......... . P08t Code. .... Prns•ntatlon to th• Clrcult me•tlng I confirm thal the annual report and accounts for the ended 31 August 20$were Signature of the Chair of the meeting NameoftheChairofth&msèting ..c...f....E£.0.￿fr&................. Independent Examlner's Report to the Trusteos of the . Clrcuft Charlty hlumb8r ....... ...... Re8pon$lbllltles and bas18 of report I reporttothe trusteeson myexamination ofthe accountsof the........................................ Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages ... As the Circu￿$ trustees. you are ￿$￿nSible for the preparats.on of the accLJunts in accordance bwth the requirements of the ChaT1t￿ Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Circuit's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and. in carying out my examination. I have followe(l all the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 145151(bl of the Act. . delete or circb as appropriate 4rf0 Narne of Circuit..... No.. Inde endent Examln•fs Statsm•nt I have completed my examination. I confirrn that no material matters have come to my atten￿￿1 in connection wrth the examination loth&r than that discto8ed bek)￿l whth grve m8 causé to bèli￿& that in, any material ￿SPeCt.. D the accountin r8cords w&r¥ not k¥ t In a¢¢ordanc* wNh secbon 130 ofthe Ad. or the accounts do not accord with the accountin I hava no concèm$ ond have come acr08s no other matters in Conn8d￿l with th? examinatM)n to which attents'on should be dravm In IhL* orK)rt in rwder to enab￿ a prcyer un(Jer8tandlno of the a¢¢ounts to Ix reached. I haVelhavtrNo￿btaln$d independent verification of all investments th8 Tru$t¢gs fof Methodi8t Church Purp080s or h•hY in othèr trLt$t$, bank balan¢08 and ttjnds at the Central Finance Board of the M¢lhodi81 Church which arn Ind￿￿￿￿11Y In •xc888 of £10,CKQ (tèn thou8and pound81 at balance 8ho&t d•te. nature of inde ndent examiner Name ol indeLe.nd8nt exarnin•r R•lèv8nl rofe85ional ualification ol inde •nd•nl examinar Name ol firm.Ibvhere a Address Po$t Cc*Je Date de￿te or circle as nata