Temple Methodist Church

Registered charity 1134048 Registered since 2010

Operates: Somerset

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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.

24 trustees on the board

8.4y median 9y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Rev Deborah Mary Kirk Chair since 2018
Anthony Bell since 2013
Colin Robertson since 2013
Christopher Mitchell since 2013
Conrad Graham Marks since 2019
Elizabeth Hartley since 2016
George Adams since 2017
Ian Rossiter since 2014
Joanne Rossiter since 2014
Kathryn Turner since 2013
Paul Turner since 2019
RON Jordan since 2013
Sheila Robertson since 2013

8.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (17)

Portfolio (7)

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 24Other Charitable Purposes 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The 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.

Health and social care 2Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

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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

2024

2025

incomespending£120k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

Related organisations

Taunton Deane and South Sedgemoor Methodist Circuit 4 shared trustees
Work-Wise 3 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

South West Peninsula Methodist District 1 shared trustee
Taunton Concert Band 1 shared trustee
Corfe Community Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Whitefield Community Kollel Similar size; both Religion

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.templetaunton.uk
Email	enquiries@templetaunton.uk
Phone	01823275765
Address	Temple Methodist Church, Upper High Street, TAUNTON, TA1 3PY

Finances

£119,555 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£95,538	£92,397
2022	£131,492	£112,968
2023	£161,772	£120,017
2024	£125,450	£254,664
2025	£119,555	£128,370

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther 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 (24)

24trustees

65median age

1aged 70+

Rev Deborah Mary Kirk Chair since 2018
Anne Jordan BSCage band 80-84
Anthony Bell since 2013
Barbara Coombes since 2024
Colin Robertson since 2013
Christine Coxen since 2024
Christopher Mitchell since 2013
Conrad Graham Marks since 2019
Diana Margaret Atkinson
Doreen Betty Marks Cert. ED.
Elizabeth Hartleyage band 45-49 since 2016
George Adams since 2017
Hazel Mary Jordan since 2022
Ian Rossiter since 2014
Joanne Rossiter since 2014
Kathryn Turner since 2013
Kevin Rigg since 2021
Lynda Primrose Spurrett Kazer
MR Graham Dickinson
Oliver Green since 2024
Paul Turner since 2019
RON Jordan since 2013
Sheila Robertson since 2013
Susan Parker since 2024

Connected charities (5)

Taunton Deane and South Sedgemoor Methodist Circuit 4 shared trustees
Work-Wise 3 shared trustees
South West Peninsula Methodist District 1 shared trustee
Corfe Community Trust 1 shared trustee
Taunton Concert Band 1 shared trustee

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