Registered charity · Downham Market
Downham Market 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...
- 15 trustees
- Income £81k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alan RIXTrustee
- Alison DurkinTrustee · since 2018
- Beryl BoyceTrustee · since 2023
- Heinz HeislerTrustee
- Janet RoustTrustee · since 2023
- Joyce Ellen DentTrustee
- Margaret Irene HarrisonTrustee · since 2019
- Mary Alice CumbersTrustee · since 2022
- Maureen Joan HiblingTrustee
- Patricia Joan MehewTrustee · since 2011
- Ralph Michael PerkinsTrustee
- Rev Paul David CritchleyTrustee · since 2020
- Shirley WilliamsonTrustee · since 2023
- Sylvia CornwellTrustee · since 2023
- Terence FosterTrustee · since 2019
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
- Norfolk
- Website
- www.methodist.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£81k£128k
- 2024£105k£91k
- 2023£107k£113k
Earlier years
- 2022£102k£106k
- 2021£104k£120k
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Alan RIX
- Alison Durkin since 2018
- Beryl Boyce since 2023
- Heinz Heisler
- Joyce Ellen Dent
- Janet Roust since 2023
- Mary Alice Cumbers since 2022
- Maureen Joan Hibling
- Margaret Irene Harrison since 2019
- Patricia Joan Mehew since 2011
- Ralph Michael Perkins
- Rev Paul David Critchley since 2020
- Shirley Williamson since 2023
- Sylvia Cornwell since 2023
- Terence Foster since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Durkin since 2018
- Margaret Irene Harrison since 2019
- Patricia Joan Mehew since 2011
- Rev Paul David Critchley since 2020
- Terence Foster since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Alan RIX
- Beryl Boyce since 2023
- Heinz Heisler
- Joyce Ellen Dent
- Janet Roust since 2023
- Mary Alice Cumbers since 2022
- Maureen Joan Hibling
- Margaret Irene Harrison since 2019
- Patricia Joan Mehew since 2011
- Rev Paul David Critchley since 2020
- Shirley Williamson since 2023
- Sylvia Cornwell since 2023
- Terence Foster since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Alison Durkin since 2018
- Ralph Michael Perkins
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1129143
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01366 388766 · paul.critchley@methodist.org.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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