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Registered charity · Chester le Street

Chester-LE-Street Methodist Church

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...

  • 21 trustees
  • Income £219k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £18,840 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Venue Hire for DurhamLearn - Call off awards for Sept 2026 - July 2027 Buyer: Durham County Council £18,840 2026-07-30 Source: Find a Tender

    The Council has an open framework for DurhamLearn Venue Hire. The framework is a multiple Lot Framework that supports the delivery of: - Lot 1: SEND and Supported Employment provision - Lot 2: Adult Education and Apprenticeship provision -…

About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Sunderland, Durham
Website
clsmethodist.org.uk;cornerstonescentre.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£219k£236k
  • 2024£213k£223k
  • 2023£195k£238k
Earlier years
  • 2022£236k£240k
  • 2021£322k£233k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

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

18 grants · £914,706 total

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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.

7.8y median 10y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance
1
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 21General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£219k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1137919
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
Contact on the register
01913881313 · info@cornerstonescentre.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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