Registered charity · Benfleet
Benfleet Methodist Church
Benfleet Methodist Church is a registered charity (number 1127749) based in Benfleet, governed by 19 trustees. Latest income £351k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
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...
- 19 trustees
- Income £351k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Alan John StokesTrustee · since 2017
- Andrew KeyesTrustee · since 2017
- Caroline HuggettTrustee
- Daisy HumphreysTrustee · since 2017
- Diane NortonTrustee
- Doreen BartlettTrustee
- Elixabeth Ann KeyesTrustee · since 2017
- Janice Marie GrayTrustee
- Rev Zena SmithTrustee · since 2022
- Richard John ReevesTrustee
- Robert GrayTrustee
- Robin MacdonaldTrustee · since 2025
- Rosalind KlassTrustee · since 2022
- Shelagh StokesTrustee · since 2025
- Stella HoldenTrustee · since 2022
- Stephen DeckerTrustee · since 2025
- Susan DownerTrustee
- Valerie RyallTrustee
- Valerie WindsorTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.benfleetmethodist.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£351k£125k
- 2024£123k£138k
- 2023£131k£118k
Earlier years
- 2022£142k£179k
- 2021£218k£208k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
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 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.
Grants received
2 grants · £14,559 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Essex County Council · £8,250
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,309
Most recent
- Essex County Council
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
19 trustees on the board
- Alan John Stokes since 2017
- Andrew Keyes since 2017
- Caroline Huggett
- Doreen Bartlett
- Daisy Humphreys since 2017
- Diane Norton
- Elixabeth Ann Keyes since 2017
- Janice Marie Gray
- Richard John Reeves
- Robert Gray
- Rev Zena Smith since 2022
- Robin Macdonald since 2025
- Rosalind Klass since 2022
- Susan Downer
- Shelagh Stokes since 2025
- Stella Holden since 2022
- Stephen Decker since 2025
- Valerie Ryall
- Valerie Windsor since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan John Stokes since 2017
- Andrew Keyes since 2017
- Daisy Humphreys since 2017
- Elixabeth Ann Keyes since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (17)
- Alan John Stokes since 2017
- Andrew Keyes since 2017
- Caroline Huggett
- Doreen Bartlett
- Daisy Humphreys since 2017
- Diane Norton
- Elixabeth Ann Keyes since 2017
- Janice Marie Gray
- Richard John Reeves
- Rev Zena Smith since 2022
- Robin Macdonald since 2025
- Rosalind Klass since 2022
- Susan Downer
- Shelagh Stokes since 2025
- Stella Holden since 2022
- Stephen Decker since 2025
- Valerie Windsor since 2022
Portfolio (2)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1127749
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01268751393 · REEVES221@BTINTERNET.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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