Registered charity · Lancashire
Rochdale & Littleborough Methodist Circuit
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...
- 44 trustees
- Income £428k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Rev Ruth JacksonChair · since 2016
- Adrian Walton BleackleyTrustee · since 2024
- Andrew Howard HardwickTrustee
- Anna MalnuttTrustee · since 2022
- Beryl TattersallTrustee · since 2016
- Catherine VarleyTrustee · since 2021
- David GreenwoodTrustee · since 2024
- David WheatleyTrustee
- Diane HardwickTrustee
- Eileen HopkinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Graham Stratford BoothTrustee
- Jacqueline WhitakerTrustee · since 2018
- Janet BowerTrustee · since 2018
- Janice HicksTrustee · since 2016
- Janice KnottTrustee · since 2018
- Jean BurrowsTrustee · since 2016
- Jean SpencerTrustee · since 2018
- Jillian CopleyTrustee · since 2016
- Joan TattersallTrustee
- John CarsonTrustee · since 2018
- Joyce SangerTrustee · since 2018
- KEN GriffinTrustee
- Ken PedenTrustee · since 2021
- Mark Newman BengerTrustee · since 2025
- MR LES BirkettTrustee
- MRS Jackie WhiteTrustee
- Nancy FranklandTrustee · since 2018
- Neil HelliwellTrustee · since 2018
- Nichola HelliwellTrustee · since 2024
- Nigel EvesTrustee · since 2024
- Peter SangerTrustee · since 2018
- Rev John Peter MalnuttTrustee · since 2022
- REV Lawrence CopleyTrustee
- Robert Arthur ColeyTrustee · since 2026
- Rosamund BealTrustee · since 2024
- Ruth Mary TunnicliffeTrustee · since 2018
- Ruth Sara BleackleyTrustee · since 2025
- Simba GomweTrustee · since 2016
- Stephanie PedenTrustee · since 2018
- Stephen AshworthTrustee · since 2018
- Steven TunnicliffeTrustee · since 2018
- Susan Lesley DowningTrustee · since 2018
- Sylvia Mary WildTrustee
- Vivien Mary CollinsonTrustee · since 2018
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
- Rochdale
- Website
- www.rochdalelittleboroughcircuit.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£428k£372k
- 2024£648k£384k
- 2023£194k£328k
Earlier years
- 2022£221k£240k
- 2021£234k£214k
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.
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.
44 trustees on the board
- Rev Ruth Jackson Chair since 2016
- Adrian Walton Bleackley since 2024
- Andrew Howard Hardwick
- Anna Malnutt since 2022
- Beryl Tattersall since 2016
- Catherine Varley since 2021
- David Wheatley
- Diane Hardwick
- David Greenwood since 2024
- Eileen Hopkinson since 2025
- Graham Stratford Booth
- Janice Hicks since 2016
- Joan Tattersall
- John Carson since 2018
- Jacqueline Whitaker since 2018
- Janet Bower since 2018
- Janice Knott since 2018
- Jean Burrows since 2016
- Jean Spencer since 2018
- Jillian Copley since 2016
- Joyce Sanger since 2018
- KEN Griffin
- Ken Peden since 2021
- MR LES Birkett
- MRS Jackie White
- Mark Newman Benger since 2025
- Nichola Helliwell since 2024
- Nigel Eves since 2024
- Nancy Frankland since 2018
- Neil Helliwell since 2018
- Peter Sanger since 2018
- REV Lawrence Copley
- Ruth Mary Tunnicliffe since 2018
- Rev John Peter Malnutt since 2022
- Robert Arthur Coley since 2026
- Rosamund Beal since 2024
- Ruth Sara Bleackley since 2025
- Sylvia Mary Wild
- Simba Gomwe since 2016
- Stephanie Peden since 2018
- Stephen Ashworth since 2018
- Steven Tunnicliffe since 2018
- Susan Lesley Downing since 2018
- Vivien Mary Collinson since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Ruth Jackson Chair since 2016
- Beryl Tattersall since 2016
- Janice Hicks since 2016
- John Carson since 2018
- Jacqueline Whitaker since 2018
- Janet Bower since 2018
- Janice Knott since 2018
- Jean Burrows since 2016
- Jean Spencer since 2018
- Jillian Copley since 2016
- Joyce Sanger since 2018
- Nancy Frankland since 2018
- Neil Helliwell since 2018
- Peter Sanger since 2018
- Ruth Mary Tunnicliffe since 2018
- Simba Gomwe since 2016
- Stephanie Peden since 2018
- Stephen Ashworth since 2018
- Steven Tunnicliffe since 2018
- Susan Lesley Downing since 2018
- Vivien Mary Collinson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (37)
- Rev Ruth Jackson Chair since 2016
- Adrian Walton Bleackley since 2024
- Andrew Howard Hardwick
- Anna Malnutt since 2022
- Beryl Tattersall since 2016
- David Wheatley
- Diane Hardwick
- David Greenwood since 2024
- Eileen Hopkinson since 2025
- Graham Stratford Booth
- Joan Tattersall
- Jacqueline Whitaker since 2018
- Janice Knott since 2018
- Jean Burrows since 2016
- Jean Spencer since 2018
- Jillian Copley since 2016
- Joyce Sanger since 2018
- KEN Griffin
- Ken Peden since 2021
- MR LES Birkett
- MRS Jackie White
- Mark Newman Benger since 2025
- Nichola Helliwell since 2024
- Nigel Eves since 2024
- Nancy Frankland since 2018
- Peter Sanger since 2018
- REV Lawrence Copley
- Robert Arthur Coley since 2026
- Rosamund Beal since 2024
- Ruth Sara Bleackley since 2025
- Sylvia Mary Wild
- Simba Gomwe since 2016
- Stephanie Peden since 2018
- Stephen Ashworth since 2018
- Steven Tunnicliffe since 2018
- Susan Lesley Downing since 2018
- Vivien Mary Collinson since 2018
Portfolio (7)
- Catherine Varley since 2021
- Janice Hicks since 2016
- John Carson since 2018
- Janet Bower since 2018
- Neil Helliwell since 2018
- Ruth Mary Tunnicliffe since 2018
- Rev John Peter Malnutt 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
- 1140223
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01706378395 · admin@rochdaleandlittleboroughmethodists.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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