Liverpool District Methodist Church

Registered charity 1134011 Registered since 2010

Operates: Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral, Lancashire, Halton, Warrington, Cheshire West & Chester

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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.

3 trustees on the board

Rev Sheryl Anderson Chair since 2015
Graham Charles Pegg since 2016
Stephen Howard Cooper since 2023

8y median 10y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Rev Sheryl Anderson Chair since 2015
Graham Charles Pegg since 2016

8.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Rev Sheryl Anderson Chair since 2015
Graham Charles Pegg since 2016

Portfolio (1)

Stephen Howard Cooper since 2023

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 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£560k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

23.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

136 days

Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Qualified

Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Wirral Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
The Methodist Church in Ellesmere Port 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Vivacity Similar size; both Religion
Intercontinental Church Society Similar size; both Religion
Theotherapy Christian Fellowship Trust Similar size; both Religion
The Hampstead Village Shul Similar size; both Religion

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.nwedmethodists.org.uk
Email	coopers@nwedmethodists.org.uk
Phone	07891 702054
Address	Hope Farm Methodist Church, Bridge Meadow, Great Sutton, ELLESMERE PORT, CH66 2LF

Finances

£560,046 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£340,561	£226,887
2022	£483,451	£327,179
2023	£368,029	£316,635
2024	£560,046	£574,723
2025

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

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

Trustees (3)

3trustees

0aged 70+

Rev Sheryl Anderson Chair since 2015
Graham Charles Pegg since 2016
Stephen Howard Cooper since 2023

Connected charities (2)

Wirral Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
The Methodist Church in Ellesmere Port 1 shared trustee

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