The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Methodist Church in West Somerset

Registered charity 1147036 Registered since 2012

Operates: Somerset

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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.

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (16)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 20Education/training 18The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 17Religious Activities 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Arts and leisure 1Tech and media 1

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
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incomespending£166k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewestsomerset.2day.ws
Emailfinance@westsomersetmethodists.org.uk
Phone01643 829593
AddressWest Somerset Methodist Circuit Office, Minehead Methodist Church, 7, The Avenue, Minehead, Somerset

Finances

£165,591 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£113,979£95,465
2022£129,952£131,444
2023£147,869£143,782
2024£442,514£116,667
2025£165,591£266,764

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritageHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

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.

Governing document: DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20/09/1932 as amended on 09 Mar 2022

Trustees (20)

20trustees
78median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (7)

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