Registered charity · Northampton
Northampton Methodist District
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 discipline of the Methodist Church;(b) any charitable...
- 12 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher LinfordTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Hellen OkelloTrustee · since 2021
- Jennifer OliverTrustee · since 2023
- Matthew ForsythTrustee · since 2021
- Olive Ruvimbo RuzvidzoTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Alan John BoltonTrustee · since 2018
- Rev Edson DubeTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Ian SuttieTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Karen BeechamTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Philip RobinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Susan JacobsTrustee · since 2026
- William Keith BrooksTrustee · since 2026
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
- Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and more
- Website
- www.northamptonmethodistdistrict.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.5m£956k
- 2024£928k£1.0m
- 2023£626k£666k
Earlier years
- 2022£616k£942k
- 2021£500k£546k
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 discipline 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.
12 trustees on the board
- Christopher Linford since 2016
- Dr Hellen Okello since 2021
- Jennifer Oliver since 2023
- Matthew Forsyth since 2021
- Olive Ruvimbo Ruzvidzo since 2025
- Rev Alan John Bolton since 2018
- Rev Edson Dube since 2024
- Rev Ian Suttie since 2024
- Rev Karen Beecham since 2025
- Rev Philip Robinson since 2025
- Rev Susan Jacobs since 2026
- William Keith Brooks since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Linford since 2016
- Rev Alan John Bolton since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Christopher Linford since 2016
- Dr Hellen Okello since 2021
- Jennifer Oliver since 2023
- Rev Alan John Bolton since 2018
- Rev Susan Jacobs since 2026
Portfolio (7)
- Matthew Forsyth since 2021
- Olive Ruvimbo Ruzvidzo since 2025
- Rev Edson Dube since 2024
- Rev Ian Suttie since 2024
- Rev Karen Beecham since 2025
- Rev Philip Robinson since 2025
- William Keith Brooks since 2026
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1130373
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01604 630128 · office@northamptonmethodistdistrict.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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