Registered charity · Preston
Church Road Methodist Church
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...
- 22 trustees
- Income £87k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Stuart WildChair · since 2024
- Alison Vera DOW RGNTrustee · since 2015
- Andrew WoodwardTrustee · since 2025
- Anita Heather BullockTrustee · since 2018
- Barbara Middleton KnowlesTrustee
- Benjamin DarbyshireTrustee · since 2018
- Caroline LiveseyTrustee · since 2020
- Catherine IrvingTrustee · since 2021
- Dilys Joan CurrieTrustee
- DR Jonathan Peter IrvingTrustee
- Elaine Westmacott-SturdyTrustee · since 2018
- Isaac MooreTrustee · since 2026
- Janette ANN FarleyTrustee · since 2018
- Jonathan Peter LiveseyTrustee · since 2014
- Judith Patricia SmithTrustee · since 2019
- Katharine DaviesTrustee · since 2024
- Laura MooreTrustee · since 2026
- Lesley TurnerTrustee · since 2021
- Monica BissettTrustee
- Rebekah DerbyshireTrustee · since 2018
- Rosemary Owen WellsTrustee
- William Frank EllisonTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.churchroadmethodist.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£87k£138k
- 2024£132k£132k
- 2023£121k£141k
Earlier years
- 2022£81k£85k
- 2021£84k£76k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
1 grant · £250 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
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.
22 trustees on the board
- Rev Stuart Wild Chair since 2024
- Alison Vera DOW RGN since 2015
- Anita Heather Bullock since 2018
- Andrew Woodward since 2025
- Barbara Middleton Knowles
- Benjamin Darbyshire since 2018
- Caroline Livesey since 2020
- Catherine Irving since 2021
- Dilys Joan Currie
- DR Jonathan Peter Irving
- Elaine Westmacott-Sturdy since 2018
- Isaac Moore since 2026
- Janette ANN Farley since 2018
- Jonathan Peter Livesey since 2014
- Judith Patricia Smith since 2019
- Katharine Davies since 2024
- Lesley Turner since 2021
- Monica Bissett
- Rosemary Owen Wells
- Rebekah Derbyshire since 2018
- William Frank Ellison since 2020
- Laura Moore since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Vera DOW RGN since 2015
- Anita Heather Bullock since 2018
- Benjamin Darbyshire since 2018
- Caroline Livesey since 2020
- Elaine Westmacott-Sturdy since 2018
- Janette ANN Farley since 2018
- Jonathan Peter Livesey since 2014
- Judith Patricia Smith since 2019
- Rebekah Derbyshire since 2018
- William Frank Ellison since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (19)
- Alison Vera DOW RGN since 2015
- Anita Heather Bullock since 2018
- Andrew Woodward since 2025
- Barbara Middleton Knowles
- Benjamin Darbyshire since 2018
- Caroline Livesey since 2020
- Catherine Irving since 2021
- Dilys Joan Currie
- DR Jonathan Peter Irving
- Elaine Westmacott-Sturdy since 2018
- Isaac Moore since 2026
- Jonathan Peter Livesey since 2014
- Judith Patricia Smith since 2019
- Lesley Turner since 2021
- Monica Bissett
- Rosemary Owen Wells
- Rebekah Derbyshire since 2018
- William Frank Ellison since 2020
- Laura Moore since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Rev Stuart Wild Chair since 2024
- Janette ANN Farley since 2018
- Katharine Davies since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1134109
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1939), METHODIST CHURCH FUNDS ACT (1960) AND DEED OF UNION (1932)
- Contact on the register
- 01172 715134 · revstuartwild@aol.co.uk
- 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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