Registered charity · Bradford
The Methodist Church Yorkshire West District
- 20 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alan Wittrick BSc, FcmaTrustee · since 2022
- Barbara Joan HutchinsonTrustee · since 2017
- Caroline Mary SteadTrustee · since 2017
- Claire CorpTrustee · since 2022
- Graham IliffTrustee · since 2024
- Heather TurnerTrustee · since 2023
- Ian Raymond MorrisTrustee · since 2023
- Lesley Caron WhitakerTrustee · since 2024
- Michael John NobleTrustee · since 2021
- Patricia ANN AstwoodTrustee · since 2023
- Peter FinneranTrustee · since 2019
- Rev David John BarkerTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Graeme Matthew DuttonTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Joanne LightowlerTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Kathie HeathcoatTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Kerry TankardTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Melvyn KellyTrustee · since 2018
- Rev Tanya ShortTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Tim PerkinsTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Timothy Charles BroughtonTrustee · since 2021
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
- Barnsley, Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees and more
- Website
- www.ywmethodist.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.5m£1.4m
- 2024£1.0m£1.2m
- 2023£738k£616k
Earlier years
- 2022£2.6m£911k
- 2021£673k£520k
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 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.
Grants received
2 grants · £17,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
- Sir George Martin Trust · £2,500
Most recent
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.
20 trustees on the board
- Alan Wittrick BSc, Fcma since 2022
- Barbara Joan Hutchinson since 2017
- Caroline Mary Stead since 2017
- Claire Corp since 2022
- Graham Iliff since 2024
- Heather Turner since 2023
- Ian Raymond Morris since 2023
- Lesley Caron Whitaker since 2024
- Michael John Noble since 2021
- Patricia ANN Astwood since 2023
- Peter Finneran since 2019
- Rev David John Barker since 2022
- Rev Graeme Matthew Dutton since 2023
- Rev Joanne Lightowler since 2023
- Rev Kathie Heathcoat since 2024
- Rev Kerry Tankard since 2019
- Rev Melvyn Kelly since 2018
- Rev Tanya Short since 2025
- Rev Tim Perkins since 2025
- Rev Timothy Charles Broughton since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Barbara Joan Hutchinson since 2017
- Caroline Mary Stead since 2017
- Peter Finneran since 2019
- Rev Kerry Tankard since 2019
- Rev Melvyn Kelly since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Claire Corp since 2022
- Ian Raymond Morris since 2023
- Lesley Caron Whitaker since 2024
- Peter Finneran since 2019
- Rev Kathie Heathcoat since 2024
- Rev Kerry Tankard since 2019
- Rev Melvyn Kelly since 2018
- Rev Tanya Short since 2025
- Rev Tim Perkins since 2025
Portfolio (11)
- Alan Wittrick BSc, Fcma since 2022
- Barbara Joan Hutchinson since 2017
- Caroline Mary Stead since 2017
- Graham Iliff since 2024
- Heather Turner since 2023
- Michael John Noble since 2021
- Patricia ANN Astwood since 2023
- Rev David John Barker since 2022
- Rev Graeme Matthew Dutton since 2023
- Rev Joanne Lightowler since 2023
- Rev Timothy Charles Broughton since 2021
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
21.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1133134
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND THE METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) as amended on 07 Dec 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01274 442670 · admin@ywmethodist.org.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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