Registered charity · Merseyside
Church @ the Cross Birkenhead (Methodist)
- 13 trustees
- Income £47k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Rev Noel SharpChair · since 2022
- Annette LennonTrustee · since 2014
- Catherine HitchellTrustee
- Christine ConwayTrustee · since 2017
- Christopher David LennonTrustee · since 2011
- Debra Denise EdwardsTrustee
- Joan CorkillTrustee · since 2017
- Nichola LennonTrustee · since 2021
- Paul RushtonTrustee · since 2014
- Rev Dan WoodhouseTrustee · since 2024
- Rosemary Lesley NeillTrustee · since 2017
- Sylvia SwiftTrustee · since 2014
- Timothy Leslie EdwardsTrustee · since 2011
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, Religious Activities
- Where
- Wirral
- Website
- thecrossbirkenhead.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£47k£63k
- 2024£84k£47k
- 2023£69k£79k
Earlier years
- 2022£137k£126k
- 2021£25k£33k
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 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.
13 trustees on the board
- Rev Noel Sharp Chair since 2022
- Annette Lennon since 2014
- Catherine Hitchell
- Christopher David Lennon since 2011
- Christine Conway since 2017
- Debra Denise Edwards
- Joan Corkill since 2017
- Nichola Lennon since 2021
- Paul Rushton since 2014
- Rev Dan Woodhouse since 2024
- Rosemary Lesley Neill since 2017
- Sylvia Swift since 2014
- Timothy Leslie Edwards since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Annette Lennon since 2014
- Christopher David Lennon since 2011
- Christine Conway since 2017
- Joan Corkill since 2017
- Paul Rushton since 2014
- Rosemary Lesley Neill since 2017
- Sylvia Swift since 2014
- Timothy Leslie Edwards since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Rev Noel Sharp Chair since 2022
- Annette Lennon since 2014
- Catherine Hitchell
- Christopher David Lennon since 2011
- Joan Corkill since 2017
- Paul Rushton since 2014
- Rev Dan Woodhouse since 2024
- Rosemary Lesley Neill since 2017
- Sylvia Swift since 2014
Portfolio (4)
- Christine Conway since 2017
- Debra Denise Edwards
- Nichola Lennon since 2021
- Timothy Leslie Edwards since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1141711
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20/09/1932 as amended on 19 Jan 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01516479345 · CHURCH@THECROSSBIRKENHEAD.COM
- 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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