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Registered charity · No. 1127359 · PenrithiSource and licenceOfficial record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 25 October 2026.Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.How we handle data

Penrith Methodist Church (aka PMC)

Income
£230k
▼ 17.3% on 2024
Expenditure
£245k
▼ 11.4% on 2024
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Runway
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
19
6.0y av
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
60
▼ 6 volunteers on 2024
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Overview

Penrith Methodist Church's network

19 people6 organisationsi19 listed on the board. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is Penrith Methodist Church. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.

The board

19 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Rev Julia Irene ReidChair2025
1 yr
Alison Catherine BirkettTrustee2017
9 yrs
Angela Mary WickerTrustee2016
10 yrs
Charles Frederick ThorntonTrustee2024
2 yrs
Chris SwiftTrustee2015
11 yrs
Christopher Michael HulmeTrustee2022
4 yrs
Donald Clement AgusTrustee2018
8 yrs
Helen BrunskillTrustee2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 19 →

Board

The board

19 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Rev Julia Irene ReidChair2025
1 yr
Alison Catherine BirkettTrustee2017
9 yrs
Angela Mary WickerTrustee2016
10 yrs
Charles Frederick ThorntonTrustee2024
2 yrs
Chris SwiftTrustee2015
11 yrs
Christopher Michael HulmeTrustee2022
4 yrs
Donald Clement AgusTrustee2018
8 yrs
Helen BrunskillTrustee2022
4 yrs
Joyce Anne MacdonaldTrustee2022
4 yrs
Kathryn Anne DavidsonTrustee2018
8 yrs
Michael Dewayne BooneTrustee2021
5 yrs
Morgan James Tebb-RogerTrustee2021
5 yrs
Mx PJ Mulheron-SummersTrustee2021
5 yrs
Rachel SmithTrustee2024
2 yrs
Rev Gillian BelfordTrustee2012
14 yrs
Sarah Joyce HulmeTrustee2025
1 yr
Shane McNicolTrustee2017
9 yrs
Sophie Louise Tebb-RogerTrustee2024
2 yrs
Susan GrahamTrustee2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Board DNA

iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.
Average tenure
5.6y
median 5y
Longest tenure
14y
since 2012
Years in governance
5.9y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
0
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
6
of 19 on the board

Trustees past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (19)

Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 19

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast

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Network

Network

iThe large node is Penrith Methodist Church. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.

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Finances

5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 August.

Income and expenditure

5 years · years end 31 AugustiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
Series shown: Totals
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k20252024202320222021£230.01k£6.27k

Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Penrith Methodist Church has not filed them in the years we hold, so only the totals and government income are shown.

Income and expenditure by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year20212022202320242025
Totals
Total income£232.89k£232.19k£325.41k£278.16k£230.01k
Total expenditure£260.35k£258.48k£338.38k£276.25k£244.81k
Government income
Government contractsNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Government grants£792£3.10k£7.68k£17.44k£6.27k
Definitions
Total income
Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
Total expenditure
Everything the charity spent in the year.
Government contracts
Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
Government grants
Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
Donations and legacies
Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
Legacies
Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
Charitable activities (income)
Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
Other trading activities
Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
Investments
Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
Endowments
New endowment funds received in the year.
Charitable activities (expenditure)
Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
Raising funds
The cost of fundraising and trading.
Grants to institutions
Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
Governance
The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
Investment management
The cost of managing the charity's investments.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Assets, liabilities and funds

Detailed income, expenditure and assets are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Penrith Methodist Church has not filed them in the years we hold, so there is no balance sheet to show.

Accounts and annual returns

Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.

Reporting up to date, latest return late

The return for the year ending 31 August 2025 arrived 3 days after the due date of 30 June 2026.

Annual returns and accounts by financial year, newest first
Year endingDue byAnnual returnAccountsStatusDocuments
31 August 202530 June 20263 July 20263 days late3 July 20263 days lateLate by 3 daysOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
31 August 202430 June 202527 June 202527 June 2025On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
31 August 202330 June 202430 June 202430 June 2024On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
31 August 202230 June 202316 June 202316 June 2023On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
31 August 202130 June 202224 May 202224 May 2022On timeOn the register (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission
Definitions
Annual return
The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
Accounts
The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
On time
Received on or before the due date.
Late
Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
Overdue
Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
Qualified accounts
The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register. Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.

Grants

Funding received

1 grantiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.
Total from published grants
£1k
£1,000
Grants
1
published to 360Giving
Funders
1
distinct funders
Latest grant
Nov 2022
18 November 2022

Grants awarded 18 November 2022.

By year

iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.

Funders

1 funder
FunderGrantsTotalYears
Cumbria Community Foundation1£1,0002022

Grants

newest first
DateFunderTitleAmount
18 November 2022Cumbria Community FoundationWinter Warm Spot£1,000

Who published this data

Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.

About

Purposes and governing document

Register page (opens in a new tab)

Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.

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 dicipline 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.

What it does

  • Religious activities

Who it helps

  • The general public/mankind

How it helps

  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
Local authority: Cumbria
Area of benefit
UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE as filed
Governing document
DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) as filed
Register history
  • 2 January 2009Registered (previously an excepted charity)
Working name
PMC

Policies the charity says it has

  • Risk management
  • Investment
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Conflicting interests
  • Volunteer management
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), Open Government Licence v3.0.

About

Website
www.penrithmethodist.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2009

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