The Methodist Church in West Somerset

Registered charity 1147036 Registered since 2012

Operates: Somerset

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

5.6y

average years in governance

4 vs 3 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

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

Arts and leisure 1Tech and media 1

Boards that share trustees

West Somerset Methodist Circuit 16 shared trustees
Minehead Street Pastors 2 shared trustees
Exmoor Youth Project 1 shared trustee
The Regal Film Society 1 shared trustee
Minehead Museum 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

West Somerset Methodist Circuit 16 shared trustees
Minehead Street Pastors 2 shared trustees
The Regal Film Society 1 shared trustee
Minehead Museum 1 shared trustee
Exmoor Youth Project 1 shared trustee
The Church Unity Emergency Fund 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	westsomerset.2day.ws
Email	finance@westsomersetmethodists.org.uk
Phone	01643 829593
Address	West Somerset Methodist Circuit Office, Minehead Methodist Church, 7, The Avenue, Minehead, Somerset

Finances

£165,591 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
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+

Rev Andrew Richard Day Chair since 2024
Andrew Mervyn Thomas Branfield since 2024
Alison Clare Robinson since 2022
Clive Charles Wooldridgeage 73 since 2024
Christine Hope since 2022
Clive Andrew Longhurst since 2024
Elizabeth Westlake since 2024
Gillian Tapp since 2022
Haydn Sperring since 2024
Howard Mounfieldage 83 since 2024
Jean Armin since 2022
Margaret Catherine Lintern since 2024
Margaret Florence Nevell since 2022
Margaret Irene Hill since 2024
Marilyn Ruth Jennings since 2024
Rev Carol Elizabeth Gill since 2024
Rev Jane Margaret Sperring since 2024
Rev Linda Barriball since 2024
Susan Elizabeth Rose since 2024
Timothy John Hedgecock since 2024

Connected charities (7)

West Somerset Methodist Circuit 16 shared trustees
Minehead Street Pastors 2 shared trustees
The Regal Film Society 1 shared trustee
Minehead Museum 1 shared trustee
The Church Unity Emergency Fund 1 shared trustee
Bartholomew Thomas Almshouses 1 shared trustee
Exmoor Youth Project 1 shared trustee

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