The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Bedfordshire Essex and Hertfordshire District of the Methodist Church

Registered charity 1133921 Registered since 2010

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire

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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.

17
trustees on the board
4.9y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
4
trustees past 6 years
8.5y
average years in governance
9 vs 6 portfolio
first-time trustees
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 8Education/training 4Overseas Aid/famine Relief 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Amateur Sport 1General Charitable Purposes 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 5Health and social care 2Other services 2

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Contact

Websitewww.behdistrict.org.uk
Emailbeh34office@gmail.com
Phone01279 657195
AddressH17 Peek Business Centre, Woodside, Dunmow Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5RG

Finances

£979,790 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£383,186£340,250
2022£466,501£418,432
2023£503,406£692,903
2024£711,975£498,422
2025£979,790£830,316

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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.

Governing document: METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1939), METHODIST CHURCH FUNDS ACT (1960) AND DEED OF UNION (1932)

Trustees (17)

17trustees
67median age
2aged 70+
Succession outlook: 2 of 17 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Connected charities (15)

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