Registered charity · Bristol
The NEW Room/John Wesley's Chapel
- 12 trustees
- Income £369k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Eleanor Jane AllinTrustee
- Geoff GollopTrustee · since 2020
- Linda JonesTrustee · since 2015
- Michael RoseTrustee · since 2014
- Professor Clifford Michael FriendTrustee · since 2024
- Rev David WeeksTrustee
- Rev Dr Jonathan HustlerTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Ivan FowlerTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Marcus TorchonTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Martin WellingsTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Sharon LovelockTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Teddy KalongoTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Bristol City
- Website
- www.newroombristol.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£369k£500k
- 2024£700k£460k
- 2023£382k£551k
Earlier years
- 2022£317k£469k
- 2021£331k£376k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. 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 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
3 grants · £2,653,160 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 National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,652,200
- Quartet Community Foundation · £960 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Eleanor Jane Allin
- Geoff Gollop since 2020
- Linda Jones since 2015
- Michael Rose since 2014
- Professor Clifford Michael Friend since 2024
- Rev David Weeks
- Rev Dr Jonathan Hustler since 2019
- Rev Ivan Fowler since 2023
- Rev Marcus Torchon since 2024
- Rev Martin Wellings since 2024
- Rev Sharon Lovelock since 2024
- Rev Teddy Kalongo since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Geoff Gollop since 2020
- Linda Jones since 2015
- Michael Rose since 2014
- Rev Dr Jonathan Hustler since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Linda Jones since 2015
- Rev David Weeks
- Rev Dr Jonathan Hustler since 2019
- Rev Ivan Fowler since 2023
- Rev Martin Wellings since 2024
Portfolio (7)
- Eleanor Jane Allin
- Geoff Gollop since 2020
- Michael Rose since 2014
- Professor Clifford Michael Friend since 2024
- Rev Marcus Torchon since 2024
- Rev Sharon Lovelock since 2024
- Rev Teddy Kalongo since 2022
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
- 1137957
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01179264740 · info@newroombristol.org.uk
- 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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