The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Bede Methodist Circuit

Registered charity 1135516 Registered since 2010

Operates: Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland

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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.

52
trustees on the board
12.9y median 16y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure
52
trustees past 6 years
13.8y
average years in governance
47 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 3Economic/community Development/employment 3Education/training 3Religious Activities 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 5Education 2Health and social care 1

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Contact

Websitewww.bedemethodist.org.uk
Emailbedecircuitoperations@gmail.com
Phone0191 4223306
AddressSt. Lukes Methodist Church, Burn Heads Road, HEBBURN, Tyne And Wear, NE31 2TD

Finances

£371,664 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£749,348£547,421
2022£548,072£419,745
2023£299,394£422,959
2024£2,546,074£1,514,602
2025£371,664£570,929

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

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.

Governing document: DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 8 JUNE 2011

Trustees (52)

52trustees
71median age
4aged 70+
Succession outlook: 4 of 52 trustees are aged 70 or over.

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