Registered charity · Suffolk

ST Johns Methodist Church Sudbury

20 trustees
Income £231k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Religious Activities
Where: Essex, Suffolk
Website: www.stjohns-sudbury.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2013

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£231k£199k
2024£193k£191k
2023£198k£198k

Earlier years

2022£170k£173k
2021£136k£140k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 53%. 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

1 grant · £4,000 total

360Giving 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

Suffolk Community Foundation · £4,000

Most recent

Suffolk Community Foundation £4,0002021-06-25

Board analysis

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.

20 trustees on the board

Rev Jason Christopher Vinyard Chair since 2021
ANN Doreen Smythe BA Hons since 2013
Christine Willis BA Hons since 2013
Diane Elizabeth Badrick since 2013
Gillian Phillips since 2013
Isabel Mary Hebden since 2013
Jane Elizabeth Brooker since 2022
Julie Margaret RIX since 2016
John Simon Willis since 2023
Judith Reed since 2021
Maureen Hearn since 2013
Norma Phyllis Newcomb BA Hons since 2020
Peter Godfrey RIX since 2013
Philip Richardson since 2014
REV Ruth Karen Ridge since 2016
Richard George Stanford since 2013
Rev Rita Andrea Carr since 2015
Simon Francis Charles Badrick ACA since 2013
Susan Pugh BA, Pgce since 2013
Sue Rampling since 2014

10.4y median 12.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

ANN Doreen Smythe BA Hons since 2013
Christine Willis BA Hons since 2013
Diane Elizabeth Badrick since 2013
Gillian Phillips since 2013
Isabel Mary Hebden since 2013
Julie Margaret RIX since 2016
Maureen Hearn since 2013
Norma Phyllis Newcomb BA Hons since 2020
Peter Godfrey RIX since 2013
Philip Richardson since 2014
REV Ruth Karen Ridge since 2016
Richard George Stanford since 2013
Rev Rita Andrea Carr since 2015
Simon Francis Charles Badrick ACA since 2013
Susan Pugh BA, Pgce since 2013
Sue Rampling since 2014

10.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (17)

ANN Doreen Smythe BA Hons since 2013
Christine Willis BA Hons since 2013
Diane Elizabeth Badrick since 2013
Gillian Phillips since 2013
Jane Elizabeth Brooker since 2022
Julie Margaret RIX since 2016
John Simon Willis since 2023
Judith Reed since 2021
Maureen Hearn since 2013
Norma Phyllis Newcomb BA Hons since 2020
Peter Godfrey RIX since 2013
Philip Richardson since 2014
Richard George Stanford since 2013
Rev Rita Andrea Carr since 2015
Simon Francis Charles Badrick ACA since 2013
Susan Pugh BA, Pgce since 2013
Sue Rampling since 2014

Portfolio (3)

Rev Jason Christopher Vinyard Chair since 2021
Isabel Mary Hebden since 2013
REV Ruth Karen Ridge since 2016

company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 20General Charitable Purposes 3Environment/conservation/heritage 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£231k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1151379
Status: Registered
Governing document: DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20 SEP 1932
Contact on the register: 01787311805 · admin@stjohns-sudbury.co.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th 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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