Registered charity · Merseyside
Heswall 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 discipline of the Methodist Church;(b) any charitable...
- 18 trustees
- Income £120k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Phillip Neville FanningChair · since 2022
- Andrew James Tonks BoswellTrustee · since 2019
- Colin Robert VickersTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Stephen John PillowTrustee · since 2022
- Margaret Eleanor BoswellTrustee · since 2019
- Margaret KiddTrustee · since 2022
- Mr B RobertsTrustee
- Mr J CrowtherTrustee
- Mr JM StockdaleTrustee · since 2017
- Mr MA ElliotTrustee · since 2012
- Mr MDD HowlettTrustee
- Mrs B VickersTrustee
- Mrs D WheatleyTrustee
- Mrs M GriffithsTrustee
- Mrs S MottersheadTrustee
- Mrs S StockdaleTrustee · since 2017
- Ms C B AndersonTrustee
- Prof JE MottersheadTrustee
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
- Wirral
- Website
- www.heswallmethodist.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£120k£140k
- 2024£119k£127k
- 2023£114k£94k
Earlier years
- 2022£101k£92k
- 2021£80k£84k
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.
18 trustees on the board
- Rev Phillip Neville Fanning Chair since 2022
- Andrew James Tonks Boswell since 2019
- Colin Robert Vickers since 2017
- Dr Stephen John Pillow since 2022
- Margaret Eleanor Boswell since 2019
- Margaret Kidd since 2022
- Mr B Roberts
- Mr J Crowther
- Mr JM Stockdale since 2017
- Mr MA Elliot since 2012
- Mr MDD Howlett
- Mrs B Vickers
- Mrs D Wheatley
- Mrs M Griffiths
- Mrs S Mottershead
- Mrs S Stockdale since 2017
- Ms C B Anderson
- Prof JE Mottershead
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew James Tonks Boswell since 2019
- Colin Robert Vickers since 2017
- Margaret Eleanor Boswell since 2019
- Mr JM Stockdale since 2017
- Mr MA Elliot since 2012
- Mrs S Stockdale since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Colin Robert Vickers since 2017
- Margaret Eleanor Boswell since 2019
- Margaret Kidd since 2022
- Mr B Roberts
- Mr J Crowther
- Mr JM Stockdale since 2017
- Mr MA Elliot since 2012
- Mrs B Vickers
- Mrs D Wheatley
- Mrs M Griffiths
- Mrs S Mottershead
- Mrs S Stockdale since 2017
- Ms C B Anderson
- Prof JE Mottershead
Portfolio (4)
- Rev Phillip Neville Fanning Chair since 2022
- Andrew James Tonks Boswell since 2019
- Dr Stephen John Pillow since 2022
- Mr MDD Howlett
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1130586
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01513421146 · heswallmethodist@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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