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West Durham Methodist Circuit
- 23 trustees
- Income £269k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Bruce Jonathan SawyerChair · since 2018
- ANN BowerTrustee
- Brenda SimpsonTrustee · since 2022
- David DixonTrustee
- David Ralph HallTrustee · since 2023
- David William GlassTrustee
- Deacon Liesl Collette WarrenTrustee · since 2023
- Derek Haddon StainesTrustee
- Dorothy EmersonTrustee
- Frances ANN JohnsonTrustee · since 2025
- Gerald BellTrustee · since 2024
- Gillian HerronTrustee · since 2018
- John BlowesTrustee · since 2019
- John RichardsonTrustee · since 2023
- Judith BainbridgeTrustee
- Kathy PerryTrustee
- Mark Frederick BagnallTrustee · since 2024
- Pamela HarperTrustee
- Rev Elizabeth Anne CatfordTrustee · since 2025
- Roger Charles StoneTrustee · since 2019
- Rosemary Margaret HallTrustee · since 2019
- Stephanie Claire MasonTrustee · since 2022
- Susan Anne HineTrustee
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
- Durham
- Website
- www.westdurhammethodists.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£269k£298k
- 2024£267k£275k
- 2023£261k£265k
Earlier years
- 2022£253k£229k
- 2021£217k£201k
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.
Grants received
1 grant · £79,690 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
- The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington · £79,690
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.
23 trustees on the board
- Rev Bruce Jonathan Sawyer Chair since 2018
- ANN Bower
- Brenda Simpson since 2022
- David Dixon
- David William Glass
- Derek Haddon Staines
- Dorothy Emerson
- David Ralph Hall since 2023
- Deacon Liesl Collette Warren since 2023
- Frances ANN Johnson since 2025
- Gerald Bell since 2024
- Gillian Herron since 2018
- Judith Bainbridge
- John Blowes since 2019
- John Richardson since 2023
- Kathy Perry
- Mark Frederick Bagnall since 2024
- Pamela Harper
- Rev Elizabeth Anne Catford since 2025
- Roger Charles Stone since 2019
- Rosemary Margaret Hall since 2019
- Susan Anne Hine
- Stephanie Claire Mason since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Bruce Jonathan Sawyer Chair since 2018
- Gillian Herron since 2018
- John Blowes since 2019
- Roger Charles Stone since 2019
- Rosemary Margaret Hall since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (18)
- ANN Bower
- Brenda Simpson since 2022
- David William Glass
- Derek Haddon Staines
- Dorothy Emerson
- David Ralph Hall since 2023
- Frances ANN Johnson since 2025
- Gerald Bell since 2024
- Gillian Herron since 2018
- John Blowes since 2019
- John Richardson since 2023
- Kathy Perry
- Pamela Harper
- Rev Elizabeth Anne Catford since 2025
- Roger Charles Stone since 2019
- Rosemary Margaret Hall since 2019
- Susan Anne Hine
- Stephanie Claire Mason since 2022
Portfolio (5)
- Rev Bruce Jonathan Sawyer Chair since 2018
- David Dixon
- Deacon Liesl Collette Warren since 2023
- Judith Bainbridge
- Mark Frederick Bagnall since 2024
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
- 1134893
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01388762587 · westdurhammethodists@gmail.com
- 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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