Registered charity · Suffolk
Lowestoft and East Suffolk Methodist Circuit
- 24 trustees
- Income £159k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Martin Lewis KeenanChair · since 2022
- Alan Theodore Reginald FurnessTrustee · since 2022
- Andrea Karen RussellTrustee · since 2019
- Brenda SigsworthTrustee
- Carol Sally DainesTrustee · since 2014
- Daniel HowlettTrustee · since 2024
- David PittTrustee · since 2023
- Diana Margaret FurnessTrustee · since 2022
- Elizabeth GrieveTrustee · since 2026
- Elizabeth Mary ZukiewiczTrustee · since 2024
- Hazel Marion CatchpoleTrustee
- Julian RogersTrustee · since 2014
- Karen Jane DelfTrustee · since 2024
- Levi LovelockTrustee · since 2026
- Mandy HoadleyTrustee · since 2026
- MR Barry GibsonTrustee
- REV PAM BaylissTrustee
- Rev Robert SoanesTrustee
- Sally PickessTrustee · since 2019
- Susan GroomeTrustee · since 2016
- Thelma WallerTrustee
- Tina Rose LongTrustee
- Valerie Brenda HowlettTrustee
- Warren LowTrustee · since 2026
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
- Norfolk, Suffolk
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£159k£214k
- 2024£166k£204k
- 2023£594k£291k
Earlier years
- 2022£141k£166k
- 2021£268k£188k
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.
24 trustees on the board
- Rev Martin Lewis Keenan Chair since 2022
- Andrea Karen Russell since 2019
- Alan Theodore Reginald Furness since 2022
- Brenda Sigsworth
- Carol Sally Daines since 2014
- Daniel Howlett since 2024
- David Pitt since 2023
- Diana Margaret Furness since 2022
- Elizabeth Grieve since 2026
- Elizabeth Mary Zukiewicz since 2024
- Hazel Marion Catchpole
- Julian Rogers since 2014
- Karen Jane Delf since 2024
- Levi Lovelock since 2026
- MR Barry Gibson
- Mandy Hoadley since 2026
- REV PAM Bayliss
- Rev Robert Soanes
- Sally Pickess since 2019
- Susan Groome since 2016
- Thelma Waller
- Tina Rose Long
- Valerie Brenda Howlett
- Warren Low since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrea Karen Russell since 2019
- Carol Sally Daines since 2014
- Julian Rogers since 2014
- Sally Pickess since 2019
- Susan Groome since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (21)
- Andrea Karen Russell since 2019
- Alan Theodore Reginald Furness since 2022
- Brenda Sigsworth
- Carol Sally Daines since 2014
- Daniel Howlett since 2024
- David Pitt since 2023
- Diana Margaret Furness since 2022
- Elizabeth Grieve since 2026
- Elizabeth Mary Zukiewicz since 2024
- Hazel Marion Catchpole
- Julian Rogers since 2014
- Karen Jane Delf since 2024
- Levi Lovelock since 2026
- MR Barry Gibson
- Mandy Hoadley since 2026
- REV PAM Bayliss
- Rev Robert Soanes
- Sally Pickess since 2019
- Thelma Waller
- Tina Rose Long
- Warren Low since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Rev Martin Lewis Keenan Chair since 2022
- Susan Groome since 2016
- Valerie Brenda Howlett
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
- 1135624
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01502560178
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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