Registered charity · Norfolk
Swaffham Methodist Church
- 12 trustees
- Income £72k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Neil VelsChair · since 2025
- Anne Christine ThorpTrustee · since 2015
- Dr David JonesTrustee · since 2025
- Geraldine Mary Allen Lram, ArcmTrustee · since 2015
- Grant Preston KennedyTrustee · since 2019
- Jennifer Mary TaskerTrustee · since 2019
- JO TrickTrustee · since 2015
- John Barrie ThorpTrustee · since 2015
- Raymond Stuart CunninghamTrustee · since 2017
- Sandra Jane Simm BA, PgceTrustee · since 2015
- Sarah Louise Rodgers BA, FrsaTrustee · since 2015
- Susan JonesTrustee · since 2025
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
- Norfolk
- Website
- www.swaffhammethodistchurch.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£72k£82k
- 2024£45k£43k
- 2023£53k£56k
Earlier years
- 2022£36k£35k
- 2021£28k£39k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 42%. 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 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.
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 total360Giving 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Rev Neil Vels Chair since 2025
- Anne Christine Thorp since 2015
- Dr David Jones since 2025
- Geraldine Mary Allen Lram, Arcm since 2015
- Grant Preston Kennedy since 2019
- JO Trick since 2015
- John Barrie Thorp since 2015
- Jennifer Mary Tasker since 2019
- Raymond Stuart Cunningham since 2017
- Sandra Jane Simm BA, Pgce since 2015
- Sarah Louise Rodgers BA, Frsa since 2015
- Susan Jones since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Anne Christine Thorp since 2015
- Geraldine Mary Allen Lram, Arcm since 2015
- Grant Preston Kennedy since 2019
- JO Trick since 2015
- John Barrie Thorp since 2015
- Jennifer Mary Tasker since 2019
- Raymond Stuart Cunningham since 2017
- Sandra Jane Simm BA, Pgce since 2015
- Sarah Louise Rodgers BA, Frsa since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Rev Neil Vels Chair since 2025
- Anne Christine Thorp since 2015
- Dr David Jones since 2025
- Grant Preston Kennedy since 2019
- JO Trick since 2015
- John Barrie Thorp since 2015
- Jennifer Mary Tasker since 2019
- Raymond Stuart Cunningham since 2017
- Sandra Jane Simm BA, Pgce since 2015
- Sarah Louise Rodgers BA, Frsa since 2015
- Susan Jones since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Geraldine Mary Allen Lram, Arcm since 2015
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1163777
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20 SEP 1932
- Contact on the register
- 01760 441441 · help@swaffhammethodistchurch.org
- 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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