Registered charity · Sandbach
Unity Methodist Church
- 19 trustees
- Income £242k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Carolyn Ann LawranceChair · since 2023
- ANN HorsfieldTrustee · since 2020
- Brian Cornel HannaTrustee · since 2024
- Brunilda EyreTrustee · since 2020
- Cynthia KellyTrustee · since 2023
- Elizabeth Mary TrinderTrustee · since 2023
- Ellen Doreen CiekaTrustee · since 2021
- George Alan PimlottTrustee · since 2020
- Gillian Margaret BaileyTrustee · since 2025
- Jayne Lorrella BunnTrustee · since 2020
- Karen Elizabeth FosterTrustee · since 2020
- Kathleen Elizabeth WhartonTrustee · since 2025
- Katy Louise LoweTrustee · since 2022
- Marian Pauline SherwinTrustee · since 2020
- Matthew Timothy CookeTrustee · since 2020
- Norma Joyce StolworthyTrustee · since 2022
- Pamela Christine SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Paul Charles GlassonburyTrustee · since 2020
- Stephen David Parker-AikenTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities
- Where
- Cheshire East
- Website
- www.unitymethodistchurchsandbach.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£242k£221k
- 2024£174k£183k
- 2023£156k£137k
Earlier years
- 2022£105k£128k
- 2021£89k£95k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
SECTION 4 METHODIST CHURCH ACT 1976THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH ARE AND SHALL BE PURPOSES 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 BEING A 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;
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.
19 trustees on the board
- Rev Carolyn Ann Lawrance Chair since 2023
- ANN Horsfield since 2020
- Brunilda Eyre since 2020
- Brian Cornel Hanna since 2024
- Cynthia Kelly since 2023
- Elizabeth Mary Trinder since 2023
- Ellen Doreen Cieka since 2021
- George Alan Pimlott since 2020
- Gillian Margaret Bailey since 2025
- Jayne Lorrella Bunn since 2020
- Karen Elizabeth Foster since 2020
- Kathleen Elizabeth Wharton since 2025
- Katy Louise Lowe since 2022
- Marian Pauline Sherwin since 2020
- Matthew Timothy Cooke since 2020
- Norma Joyce Stolworthy since 2022
- Pamela Christine Smith since 2024
- Robert Paul Charles Glassonbury since 2020
- Stephen David Parker-Aiken since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- ANN Horsfield since 2020
- Brunilda Eyre since 2020
- George Alan Pimlott since 2020
- Jayne Lorrella Bunn since 2020
- Karen Elizabeth Foster since 2020
- Matthew Timothy Cooke since 2020
- Robert Paul Charles Glassonbury since 2020
- Stephen David Parker-Aiken since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (18)
- Rev Carolyn Ann Lawrance Chair since 2023
- ANN Horsfield since 2020
- Brunilda Eyre since 2020
- Brian Cornel Hanna since 2024
- Cynthia Kelly since 2023
- Elizabeth Mary Trinder since 2023
- George Alan Pimlott since 2020
- Gillian Margaret Bailey since 2025
- Jayne Lorrella Bunn since 2020
- Karen Elizabeth Foster since 2020
- Kathleen Elizabeth Wharton since 2025
- Katy Louise Lowe since 2022
- Marian Pauline Sherwin since 2020
- Matthew Timothy Cooke since 2020
- Norma Joyce Stolworthy since 2022
- Pamela Christine Smith since 2024
- Robert Paul Charles Glassonbury since 2020
- Stephen David Parker-Aiken since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Ellen Doreen Cieka since 2021
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
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1173520
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20 SEP 1932 as amended on 21 Jul 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01270750078
- 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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