Registered charity · East Sussex
Brighton and Hove Methodist 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...
- 23 trustees
- Income £214k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Andrew LoweChair · since 2015
- ANN Elisabeth CollinsTrustee
- Beulah Sabina Celestine Fletcher B.ED M.EDTrustee
- Catherine Ellen ODD HaywardTrustee · since 2016
- Ernest Royle JonesTrustee
- Geoffrey HarringtonTrustee
- Jennifer StevensTrustee
- Joan HopkinsTrustee
- Jonathan Digby Gravestock MA VetmbTrustee · since 2014
- KAY Virginia HarwoodTrustee
- Kenneth SmithTrustee
- Margaret SymesTrustee
- Margaret TaylorTrustee
- Marian Clare HammondTrustee · since 2016
- Michael Robert Hickman B.EDTrustee
- Peter FarleyTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Cynthia ParkTrustee
- Rev Heather Alison Leake Date BSC,MSCTrustee
- Richard FletcherTrustee · since 2015
- Robert Andrew PatchingTrustee · since 2016
- Rosemary CuthbertTrustee · since 2017
- Stella GoddardTrustee · since 2019
- Terry HammondTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Brighton And Hove
- Website
- brightonhovemethodistcircuit.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£214k£201k
- 2024£210k£239k
- 2023£160k£206k
Earlier years
- 2022£160k£232k
- 2021£174k£180k
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.
23 trustees on the board
- Rev Andrew Lowe Chair since 2015
- ANN Elisabeth Collins
- Beulah Sabina Celestine Fletcher B.ED M.ED
- Catherine Ellen ODD Hayward since 2016
- Ernest Royle Jones
- Geoffrey Harrington
- Jennifer Stevens
- Joan Hopkins
- Jonathan Digby Gravestock MA Vetmb since 2014
- KAY Virginia Harwood
- Kenneth Smith
- Margaret Symes
- Margaret Taylor
- Marian Clare Hammond since 2016
- Michael Robert Hickman B.ED
- Peter Farley since 2023
- Richard Fletcher since 2015
- Robert Andrew Patching since 2016
- Rosemary Cuthbert since 2017
- Rev Cynthia Park
- Rev Heather Alison Leake Date BSC,MSC
- Stella Goddard since 2019
- Terry Hammond
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Andrew Lowe Chair since 2015
- Catherine Ellen ODD Hayward since 2016
- Jonathan Digby Gravestock MA Vetmb since 2014
- Marian Clare Hammond since 2016
- Richard Fletcher since 2015
- Robert Andrew Patching since 2016
- Rosemary Cuthbert since 2017
- Stella Goddard since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- ANN Elisabeth Collins
- Beulah Sabina Celestine Fletcher B.ED M.ED
- Catherine Ellen ODD Hayward since 2016
- Ernest Royle Jones
- Geoffrey Harrington
- Jennifer Stevens
- KAY Virginia Harwood
- Margaret Taylor
- Marian Clare Hammond since 2016
- Richard Fletcher since 2015
- Robert Andrew Patching since 2016
- Rosemary Cuthbert since 2017
- Rev Cynthia Park
- Terry Hammond
Portfolio (9)
- Rev Andrew Lowe Chair since 2015
- Joan Hopkins
- Jonathan Digby Gravestock MA Vetmb since 2014
- Kenneth Smith
- Margaret Symes
- Michael Robert Hickman B.ED
- Peter Farley since 2023
- Rev Heather Alison Leake Date BSC,MSC
- Stella Goddard since 2019
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.
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
- 1134137
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1939), METHODIST CHURCH FUNDS ACT (1960) AND DEED OF UNION (1932)
- Contact on the register
- 01273324600 · office@hovemethodistchurch.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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