The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit of the Methodist Church

Registered charity 1132827 Registered since 2009

Operates: Durham

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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.

7.2y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
5.8y
average years in governance
5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 46Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 2Business services 1Health and social care 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
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2025
incomespending£315k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Contact

Websitewww.durhamdeernessmethodist.org.uk
Emailsusansmith0007@btinternet.com
Phone01913710366
Address7 CRAGSIDE, WITTON GILBERT, DURHAM, DH7 6RZ

Finances

£315,113 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£206,086£183,328
2022£184,455£218,611
2023£178,637£173,352
2024£675,987£203,263
2025£315,113£193,442

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

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 SUBSIDIARY 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.

Governing document: DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)

Trustees (46)

46trustees
64median age
1aged 70+

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