Registered charity · Chester le Street
Chester LE Street Methodist Circuit
- 20 trustees
- Income £209k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Audrey SoulsbyTrustee · since 2019
- Barbara BurtonTrustee · since 2015
- Barbara Elizabeth MorrowTrustee · since 2019
- Brian Jonathan StraughanTrustee · since 2014
- Christine Ann PottsTrustee · since 2018
- Derick LawsonTrustee · since 2021
- Doris SterlingTrustee · since 2014
- Dr IAN William PottsTrustee · since 2019
- Frederick JohnsonTrustee · since 2018
- Jean MalcolmTrustee · since 2016
- Joan MooreTrustee · since 2019
- Karen Angela HeptinstallTrustee · since 2019
- Kathy BevanTrustee · since 2022
- Marilyn BakerTrustee · since 2018
- Rev Anne Rosemary KilvingtonTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Jennifer Margaret PrydeTrustee · since 2023
- Samuel Fleming HunterTrustee · since 2019
- Thomas Alan Smith B.EDTrustee · since 2019
- Thomas BakerTrustee · since 2019
- Thomas Wlliam IndianTrustee · since 2014
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
- Gateshead, Durham
- Website
- www.clsmethodistcircuit.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£209k£214k
- 2024£189k£179k
- 2023£175k£137k
Earlier years
- 2022£169k£169k
- 2021£178k£177k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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
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
- Audrey Soulsby since 2019
- Barbara Elizabeth Morrow since 2019
- Brian Jonathan Straughan since 2014
- Barbara Burton since 2015
- Christine Ann Potts since 2018
- Doris Sterling since 2014
- Derick Lawson since 2021
- Dr IAN William Potts since 2019
- Frederick Johnson since 2018
- Jean Malcolm since 2016
- Joan Moore since 2019
- Karen Angela Heptinstall since 2019
- Kathy Bevan since 2022
- Marilyn Baker since 2018
- Rev Anne Rosemary Kilvington since 2023
- Rev Jennifer Margaret Pryde since 2023
- Samuel Fleming Hunter since 2019
- Thomas Alan Smith B.ED since 2019
- Thomas Baker since 2019
- Thomas Wlliam Indian since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Audrey Soulsby since 2019
- Barbara Elizabeth Morrow since 2019
- Brian Jonathan Straughan since 2014
- Barbara Burton since 2015
- Christine Ann Potts since 2018
- Doris Sterling since 2014
- Dr IAN William Potts since 2019
- Frederick Johnson since 2018
- Jean Malcolm since 2016
- Joan Moore since 2019
- Karen Angela Heptinstall since 2019
- Marilyn Baker since 2018
- Samuel Fleming Hunter since 2019
- Thomas Alan Smith B.ED since 2019
- Thomas Baker since 2019
- Thomas Wlliam Indian since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Audrey Soulsby since 2019
- Barbara Elizabeth Morrow since 2019
- Barbara Burton since 2015
- Christine Ann Potts since 2018
- Dr IAN William Potts since 2019
- Frederick Johnson since 2018
- Jean Malcolm since 2016
- Karen Angela Heptinstall since 2019
- Marilyn Baker since 2018
- Rev Anne Rosemary Kilvington since 2023
- Samuel Fleming Hunter since 2019
- Thomas Baker since 2019
- Thomas Wlliam Indian since 2014
Portfolio (7)
- Brian Jonathan Straughan since 2014
- Doris Sterling since 2014
- Derick Lawson since 2021
- Joan Moore since 2019
- Kathy Bevan since 2022
- Rev Jennifer Margaret Pryde since 2023
- Thomas Alan Smith B.ED since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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
- 1159362
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20 SEP 1932
- Contact on the register
- 01913883401 · clsmethodistcircut@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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