Registered charity · Wisbech
The Fens Circuit
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...
- 19 trustees
- Income £203k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anne Rosalind EmmersonTrustee
- David Adrian ThompsonTrustee
- Diana BurlingTrustee
- Elaine ThorntonTrustee · since 2019
- Elizabeth Mary GibbsTrustee · since 2017
- Joan ThompsonTrustee
- Josephine Wendy ChandlerTrustee
- Joyce DobsonTrustee · since 2012
- Mary Jane HurstTrustee · since 2019
- Mavis AshcroftTrustee · since 2014
- Nicola WardenTrustee · since 2019
- Robin William VincentTrustee · since 2006
- Roger Edward DackTrustee · since 2016
- Rosemary MorganTrustee · since 2025
- Susan AskewTrustee
- Susan Margaret DackTrustee
- Sylvia RinghamTrustee · since 2015
- Timothy David DewdneyTrustee · since 2017
- Trevor VincentTrustee
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
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
- Website
- www.methodist.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£203k£291k
- 2024£251k£256k
- 2023£204k£345k
Earlier years
- 2022£190k£282k
- 2021£504k£460k
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.
19 trustees on the board
- Anne Rosalind Emmerson
- David Adrian Thompson
- Diana Burling
- Elizabeth Mary Gibbs since 2017
- Elaine Thornton since 2019
- Joan Thompson
- Josephine Wendy Chandler
- Joyce Dobson since 2012
- Mary Jane Hurst since 2019
- Mavis Ashcroft since 2014
- Nicola Warden since 2019
- Robin William Vincent since 2006
- Roger Edward Dack since 2016
- Rosemary Morgan since 2025
- Susan Askew
- Susan Margaret Dack
- Sylvia Ringham since 2015
- Trevor Vincent
- Timothy David Dewdney since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Elizabeth Mary Gibbs since 2017
- Elaine Thornton since 2019
- Joyce Dobson since 2012
- Mary Jane Hurst since 2019
- Mavis Ashcroft since 2014
- Nicola Warden since 2019
- Robin William Vincent since 2006
- Roger Edward Dack since 2016
- Sylvia Ringham since 2015
- Timothy David Dewdney since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (19)
- Anne Rosalind Emmerson
- David Adrian Thompson
- Diana Burling
- Elizabeth Mary Gibbs since 2017
- Elaine Thornton since 2019
- Joan Thompson
- Josephine Wendy Chandler
- Joyce Dobson since 2012
- Mary Jane Hurst since 2019
- Mavis Ashcroft since 2014
- Nicola Warden since 2019
- Robin William Vincent since 2006
- Roger Edward Dack since 2016
- Rosemary Morgan since 2025
- Susan Askew
- Susan Margaret Dack
- Sylvia Ringham since 2015
- Trevor Vincent
- Timothy David Dewdney since 2017
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1133790
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01945773567 · fenscircuit@outlook.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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