Registered charity · Stockport
Bramhall 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...
- 17 trustees
- Income £517k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Sarah ParkinChair · since 2020
- Alison ThornleyTrustee · since 2021
- Carole LomaxTrustee · since 2022
- Catherine ArmstrongTrustee · since 2022
- Christine Hall BEdTrustee · since 2019
- Claire Louise LeeTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Anna-Louise Power MbchbTrustee · since 2020
- Gillian DayTrustee · since 2023
- John Benvie Fcii, AcisTrustee
- John Charles ThornleyTrustee · since 2011
- John Philip SandfordTrustee · since 2014
- Kenneth Martin LowTrustee · since 2020
- Lynne OrmistonTrustee · since 2019
- Nigel DayTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Ian Melvyn Hall OBETrustee · since 2024
- Rosemary Winifred Lumb BSc HonsTrustee · since 2012
- Susan Elizabeth GrahamTrustee · since 2023
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
- Stockport
- Website
- www.bramhallmethodists.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£517k£532k
- 2024£537k£516k
- 2023£498k£493k
Earlier years
- 2022£498k£490k
- 2021£453k£472k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 31%. 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 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.
17 trustees on the board
- Rev Sarah Parkin Chair since 2020
- Alison Thornley since 2021
- Carole Lomax since 2022
- Catherine Armstrong since 2022
- Christine Hall BEd since 2019
- Claire Louise Lee since 2014
- Dr Anna-Louise Power Mbchb since 2020
- Gillian Day since 2023
- John Benvie Fcii, Acis
- John Charles Thornley since 2011
- John Philip Sandford since 2014
- Kenneth Martin Low since 2020
- Lynne Ormiston since 2019
- Nigel Day since 2023
- Professor Ian Melvyn Hall OBE since 2024
- Rosemary Winifred Lumb BSc Hons since 2012
- Susan Elizabeth Graham since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Sarah Parkin Chair since 2020
- Christine Hall BEd since 2019
- Claire Louise Lee since 2014
- John Charles Thornley since 2011
- John Philip Sandford since 2014
- Kenneth Martin Low since 2020
- Lynne Ormiston since 2019
- Rosemary Winifred Lumb BSc Hons since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Alison Thornley since 2021
- Carole Lomax since 2022
- Catherine Armstrong since 2022
- Christine Hall BEd since 2019
- Claire Louise Lee since 2014
- Dr Anna-Louise Power Mbchb since 2020
- Gillian Day since 2023
- John Charles Thornley since 2011
- John Philip Sandford since 2014
- Kenneth Martin Low since 2020
- Lynne Ormiston since 2019
- Professor Ian Melvyn Hall OBE since 2024
- Rosemary Winifred Lumb BSc Hons since 2012
- Susan Elizabeth Graham since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Rev Sarah Parkin Chair since 2020
- John Benvie Fcii, Acis
- Nigel Day since 2023
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1130747
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01614408007 · office@bramhallmethodists.org.uk
- 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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