Registered charity · Hampshire
Portsmouth Methodist Church
- 12 trustees
- Income £93k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alan Stuart HaynesTrustee · since 2018
- Anne Stella DownhamTrustee · since 2018
- Catherine Louise BurtTrustee · since 2023
- Christine SnellingTrustee · since 2018
- Denise Lydia FosterTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Mark Alfred BartonTrustee · since 2018
- Frances ANN JenkinsTrustee · since 2018
- Rev Ray Hampden GoddessTrustee · since 2023
- Shirley Anne Haynes BEDTrustee · since 2018
- Stephen John PomeroyTrustee · since 2018
- Susan Rowena AshmanTrustee · since 2018
- Theophilius DE-Graft EshunTrustee · since 2018
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
- Portsmouth City
- Website
- www.portsmouthmethodist.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£93k£105k
- 2024£102k£124k
- 2023£71k£64k
Earlier years
- 2022£78k£92k
- 2021£59k£83k
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 for researchers
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
- Alan Stuart Haynes since 2018
- Anne Stella Downham since 2018
- Catherine Louise Burt since 2023
- Christine Snelling since 2018
- Denise Lydia Foster since 2018
- Dr Mark Alfred Barton since 2018
- Frances ANN Jenkins since 2018
- Rev Ray Hampden Goddess since 2023
- Shirley Anne Haynes BED since 2018
- Stephen John Pomeroy since 2018
- Susan Rowena Ashman since 2018
- Theophilius DE-Graft Eshun since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Stuart Haynes since 2018
- Anne Stella Downham since 2018
- Christine Snelling since 2018
- Denise Lydia Foster since 2018
- Dr Mark Alfred Barton since 2018
- Frances ANN Jenkins since 2018
- Shirley Anne Haynes BED since 2018
- Stephen John Pomeroy since 2018
- Susan Rowena Ashman since 2018
- Theophilius DE-Graft Eshun since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Alan Stuart Haynes since 2018
- Anne Stella Downham since 2018
- Catherine Louise Burt since 2023
- Christine Snelling since 2018
- Denise Lydia Foster since 2018
- Dr Mark Alfred Barton since 2018
- Frances ANN Jenkins since 2018
- Shirley Anne Haynes BED since 2018
- Stephen John Pomeroy since 2018
- Susan Rowena Ashman since 2018
- Theophilius DE-Graft Eshun since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Rev Ray Hampden Goddess since 2023
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
- 1178715
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 20 SEP 1932
- Contact on the register
- 02392851900
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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