Registered charity · Preston
Methodist Church - North West England District
- 13 trustees
- Income £7.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev James Neal TebbuttChair · since 2024
- Carolyn HothersallTrustee · since 2024
- Heather FergussonTrustee · since 2024
- Ian CastledineTrustee · since 2026
- Peter GorstTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Caroline AingerTrustee · since 2024
- Rev David NewloveTrustee · since 2024
- Rev John MalnuttTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Philip J GoughTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Sharon ReadTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Wilfred RobinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Ruth DawsonTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen Howard CooperTrustee · since 2024
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
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.nwedmethodists.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7.3m£1.4m
- 2024£661k£1.1m
- 2023£490k£420k
Earlier years
- 2022£532k£423k
- 2021£537k£532k
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.
Grants received
1 grant · £12,000 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 Joseph Rank Trust · £12,000
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Rev James Neal Tebbutt Chair since 2024
- Carolyn Hothersall since 2024
- Heather Fergusson since 2024
- Ian Castledine since 2026
- Peter Gorst since 2024
- Rev Caroline Ainger since 2024
- Rev David Newlove since 2024
- Rev John Malnutt since 2024
- Rev Philip J Gough since 2024
- Rev Sharon Read since 2024
- Rev Wilfred Robinson since 2025
- Ruth Dawson since 2024
- Stephen Howard Cooper since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Rev James Neal Tebbutt Chair since 2024
- Heather Fergusson since 2024
- Ian Castledine since 2026
- Rev Caroline Ainger since 2024
- Rev David Newlove since 2024
- Rev John Malnutt since 2024
- Stephen Howard Cooper since 2024
Portfolio (6)
- Carolyn Hothersall since 2024
- Peter Gorst since 2024
- Rev Philip J Gough since 2024
- Rev Sharon Read since 2024
- Rev Wilfred Robinson since 2025
- Ruth Dawson 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
21.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 43.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1135459
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) as amended on 01 Sept 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01772 372160 · admin@nwedmethodists.org.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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