Registered charity · Swindon
Upper Thames Methodist Circuit
- 20 trustees
- Income £152k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Shirlyn ToppinChair · since 2021
- Adam Vincent LonghurstTrustee · since 2024
- Adrian John GermanTrustee · since 2017
- Gillian GriffithsTrustee · since 2021
- Hazel Laura Elizabeth GarnellTrustee · since 2021
- Ian Duncan BrodieTrustee · since 2013
- Jane Ann Louise Phoenix-StoneTrustee · since 2014
- Louise Patricia SheppardTrustee · since 2025
- Margaret RobertsTrustee · since 2021
- Mark Frederick DowlingTrustee · since 2020
- Pamela MullinTrustee · since 2023
- Patricia Marian ClitheroeTrustee · since 2015
- Peter McauleyTrustee · since 2021
- Rachel Mary DowlingTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Ian MeadTrustee · since 2025
- Robert John YoueTrustee · since 2022
- Robin Timothy Phoenix-StoneTrustee · since 2021
- Ruth Geraldine CooperTrustee · since 2012
- Sylvia June FreemantleTrustee · since 2018
- Wendy Eileen SmithTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities and 1 more
- Where
- Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire
- Website
- www.upperthamescircuit.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£152k£205k
- 2024£145k£181k
- 2023£127k£270k
Earlier years
- 2022£145k£167k
- 2021£400k£283k
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 SUBSIDIARY 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.
20 trustees on the board
- Rev Shirlyn Toppin Chair since 2021
- Adam Vincent Longhurst since 2024
- Adrian John German since 2017
- Gillian Griffiths since 2021
- Hazel Laura Elizabeth Garnell since 2021
- Ian Duncan Brodie since 2013
- Jane Ann Louise Phoenix-Stone since 2014
- Louise Patricia Sheppard since 2025
- Margaret Roberts since 2021
- Mark Frederick Dowling since 2020
- Patricia Marian Clitheroe since 2015
- Pamela Mullin since 2023
- Peter Mcauley since 2021
- Robert John Youe since 2022
- Ruth Geraldine Cooper since 2012
- Rachel Mary Dowling since 2024
- Rev Ian Mead since 2025
- Robin Timothy Phoenix-Stone since 2021
- Sylvia June Freemantle since 2018
- Wendy Eileen Smith since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Adrian John German since 2017
- Ian Duncan Brodie since 2013
- Jane Ann Louise Phoenix-Stone since 2014
- Mark Frederick Dowling since 2020
- Patricia Marian Clitheroe since 2015
- Ruth Geraldine Cooper since 2012
- Sylvia June Freemantle since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (18)
- Adam Vincent Longhurst since 2024
- Adrian John German since 2017
- Gillian Griffiths since 2021
- Hazel Laura Elizabeth Garnell since 2021
- Ian Duncan Brodie since 2013
- Jane Ann Louise Phoenix-Stone since 2014
- Louise Patricia Sheppard since 2025
- Margaret Roberts since 2021
- Mark Frederick Dowling since 2020
- Patricia Marian Clitheroe since 2015
- Pamela Mullin since 2023
- Robert John Youe since 2022
- Ruth Geraldine Cooper since 2012
- Rachel Mary Dowling since 2024
- Rev Ian Mead since 2025
- Robin Timothy Phoenix-Stone since 2021
- Sylvia June Freemantle since 2018
- Wendy Eileen Smith since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Rev Shirlyn Toppin Chair since 2021
- Peter Mcauley since 2021
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
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
- 1134231
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01793 849241 · circuitadmin@upperthamescircuit.org.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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