Registered charity · Paignton
Torbay Methodist Circuit
- 26 trustees
- Income £184k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Jeffrey Michael ShortChair · since 2022
- Christine CarterTrustee · since 2011
- Christine HargreavesTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Alan James McilhennyTrustee · since 2021
- Dr David TaylorTrustee · since 2022
- Gillian Elisabeth PorterTrustee
- Helen Susan MAY HamlingTrustee · since 2012
- Ian Stewart ListerTrustee · since 2024
- Jan NewmanTrustee · since 2020
- Jean Marilyn LewisTrustee
- John Eric BarrettTrustee · since 2022
- Kathryn TrotmanTrustee
- Margaret FreemantleTrustee · since 2016
- Margaret NewmanTrustee
- MRS Jennie DunnTrustee · since 2015
- Neil EdwardsTrustee · since 2014
- Nicola LindsayTrustee · since 2026
- Patricia ANN HawesTrustee
- Peter William TrotmanTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Andrew John Chislett-McdonaldTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Peter Booth WilliamsonTrustee
- REV VAL PriceTrustee · since 2014
- Stanley WestmorelandTrustee · since 2022
- Sue JarvisTrustee · since 2018
- Susan GibbTrustee · since 2014
- Vivien Anthea WestmorelandTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Torbay
- Website
- www.torbaymethodistchurches.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£184k£210k
- 2024£178k£222k
- 2023£275k£198k
Earlier years
- 2022£181k£192k
- 2021£109k£170k
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.
26 trustees on the board
- Rev Jeffrey Michael Short Chair since 2022
- Christine Hargreaves since 2018
- Dr Alan James Mcilhenny since 2021
- Dr David Taylor since 2022
- Gillian Elisabeth Porter
- Helen Susan MAY Hamling since 2012
- Ian Stewart Lister since 2024
- Jean Marilyn Lewis
- Jan Newman since 2020
- John Eric Barrett since 2022
- Kathryn Trotman
- Margaret Freemantle since 2016
- Margaret Newman
- MRS Jennie Dunn since 2015
- Neil Edwards since 2014
- Nicola Lindsay since 2026
- Patricia ANN Hawes
- Peter William Trotman since 2026
- REV VAL Price since 2014
- Rev Andrew John Chislett-Mcdonald since 2024
- Rev Peter Booth Williamson
- Susan Gibb since 2014
- Stanley Westmoreland since 2022
- Sue Jarvis since 2018
- Vivien Anthea Westmoreland since 2018
- Christine Carter since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Christine Hargreaves since 2018
- Helen Susan MAY Hamling since 2012
- Jan Newman since 2020
- Margaret Freemantle since 2016
- MRS Jennie Dunn since 2015
- Neil Edwards since 2014
- REV VAL Price since 2014
- Susan Gibb since 2014
- Sue Jarvis since 2018
- Vivien Anthea Westmoreland since 2018
- Christine Carter since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (21)
- Rev Jeffrey Michael Short Chair since 2022
- Christine Hargreaves since 2018
- Gillian Elisabeth Porter
- Helen Susan MAY Hamling since 2012
- Ian Stewart Lister since 2024
- Jean Marilyn Lewis
- John Eric Barrett since 2022
- Kathryn Trotman
- Margaret Freemantle since 2016
- MRS Jennie Dunn since 2015
- Neil Edwards since 2014
- Nicola Lindsay since 2026
- Patricia ANN Hawes
- Peter William Trotman since 2026
- REV VAL Price since 2014
- Rev Andrew John Chislett-Mcdonald since 2024
- Rev Peter Booth Williamson
- Susan Gibb since 2014
- Stanley Westmoreland since 2022
- Sue Jarvis since 2018
- Vivien Anthea Westmoreland since 2018
Portfolio (5)
- Dr Alan James Mcilhenny since 2021
- Dr David Taylor since 2022
- Jan Newman since 2020
- Margaret Newman
- Christine Carter since 2011
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1134368
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01803846020
- 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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