Registered charity · Keighley
Craven Methodist Church
- 17 trustees
- Income £183k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Clare Elizabeth StainsbyChair · since 2021
- Anne PearsonTrustee · since 2021
- Christine HambleyTrustee · since 2024
- Christine SmithTrustee · since 2021
- David Alan AyrtonTrustee · since 2011
- Dorothy Jean AinsworthTrustee · since 2021
- Graham Martin SheardTrustee · since 2021
- Janet Mary ClarkTrustee · since 2025
- Joan Elizabeth WhitfieldTrustee · since 2015
- Joanne StokesTrustee · since 2021
- Martin CantTrustee · since 2024
- Norman John ClarkTrustee · since 2024
- Philip Arthur BoocockTrustee · since 2022
- Philip John CorpTrustee · since 2021
- Roger Dixon SmithTrustee · since 2021
- Sarah ANN HalsteadTrustee · since 2018
- Tony DenningTrustee · since 2021
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
- Bradford City
- Website
- wp22.airedalemethodists.org/structure (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£183k£179k
- 2024£201k£200k
- 2023£179k£171k
Earlier years
- 2022£171k£165k
- 2021£64k£59k
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.
17 trustees on the board
- Rev Clare Elizabeth Stainsby Chair since 2021
- Anne Pearson since 2021
- Christine Smith since 2021
- Christine Hambley since 2024
- David Alan Ayrton since 2011
- Dorothy Jean Ainsworth since 2021
- Graham Martin Sheard since 2021
- Joan Elizabeth Whitfield since 2015
- Janet Mary Clark since 2025
- Joanne Stokes since 2021
- Martin Cant since 2024
- Norman John Clark since 2024
- Philip Arthur Boocock since 2022
- Philip John Corp since 2021
- Roger Dixon Smith since 2021
- Sarah ANN Halstead since 2018
- Tony Denning since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- David Alan Ayrton since 2011
- Joan Elizabeth Whitfield since 2015
- Sarah ANN Halstead since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Anne Pearson since 2021
- Christine Smith since 2021
- Joan Elizabeth Whitfield since 2015
- Janet Mary Clark since 2025
- Martin Cant since 2024
- Norman John Clark since 2024
- Philip Arthur Boocock since 2022
- Roger Dixon Smith since 2021
- Sarah ANN Halstead since 2018
Portfolio (8)
- Rev Clare Elizabeth Stainsby Chair since 2021
- Christine Hambley since 2024
- David Alan Ayrton since 2011
- Dorothy Jean Ainsworth since 2021
- Graham Martin Sheard since 2021
- Joanne Stokes since 2021
- Philip John Corp since 2021
- Tony Denning since 2021
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
- 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
- 1167897
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20 SEP 1932 as amended on 25 May 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01535653842 · finance@airedalemethodists.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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