Registered charity · Hove
Hove Methodist Church
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...
- 17 trustees
- Income £171k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Andrew LoweChair · since 2014
- Ann E CollinsTrustee · since 2014
- Donald ReidTrustee · since 2019
- Jane MarshTrustee
- Janet Nora BowlesTrustee
- Joan HopkinsTrustee
- John Symes HMD ENGTrustee
- Jonathan Digby Gravestock MA VetmbTrustee · since 2012
- Lai Big PangTrustee · since 2023
- Louise McintoshTrustee · since 2023
- Margaret SymesTrustee
- MRS Rose BatemanTrustee
- Peter FarleyTrustee · since 2023
- Robert Edward WintonTrustee · since 2012
- Sandra Margaret PomfreyTrustee · since 2008
- Stella GoddardTrustee · since 2012
- Terry PomfreyTrustee
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
- Brighton And Hove
- Website
- www.hovemethodistchurch.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£171k£211k
- 2024£186k£195k
- 2023£175k£159k
Earlier years
- 2022£160k£151k
- 2021£143k£145k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
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.
17 trustees on the board
- Rev Andrew Lowe Chair since 2014
- Ann E Collins since 2014
- Donald Reid since 2019
- Jane Marsh
- Janet Nora Bowles
- Joan Hopkins
- John Symes HMD ENG
- Jonathan Digby Gravestock MA Vetmb since 2012
- Lai Big Pang since 2023
- Louise Mcintosh since 2023
- Margaret Symes
- MRS Rose Bateman
- Peter Farley since 2023
- Robert Edward Winton since 2012
- Sandra Margaret Pomfrey since 2008
- Stella Goddard since 2012
- Terry Pomfrey
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Andrew Lowe Chair since 2014
- Ann E Collins since 2014
- Donald Reid since 2019
- Jonathan Digby Gravestock MA Vetmb since 2012
- Robert Edward Winton since 2012
- Sandra Margaret Pomfrey since 2008
- Stella Goddard since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Ann E Collins since 2014
- Jane Marsh
- Janet Nora Bowles
- John Symes HMD ENG
- Lai Big Pang since 2023
- Louise Mcintosh since 2023
- MRS Rose Bateman
- Robert Edward Winton since 2012
- Sandra Margaret Pomfrey since 2008
- Terry Pomfrey
Portfolio (7)
- Rev Andrew Lowe Chair since 2014
- Donald Reid since 2019
- Joan Hopkins
- Jonathan Digby Gravestock MA Vetmb since 2012
- Margaret Symes
- Peter Farley since 2023
- Stella Goddard since 2012
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
- 1127826
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01273324600 · office@hovemethodistchurch.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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