Registered charity · Manchester
Whitefield Methodist Church
- 20 trustees
- Income £121k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Rev Sally Ann ThorntonChair
- Andrea Joanne ColemanTrustee
- Andrew Clifford YoungTrustee
- Ashra RamloganTrustee
- Bethany Esther ThorntonTrustee
- Craig Matthew AspeyTrustee
- Elaine Muriel QuickTrustee
- Enid CathcartTrustee
Show all 20 trustees
- Erica Jane KeithTrustee
- Gillian Carol LongTrustee
- Jean HandleyTrustee · since 2005
- Jennifer Louise AspeyTrustee
- Lesley Joanne HarrisTrustee · since 2016
- Michael Richard Thornton MibsTrustee · since 2015
- Nicholas Leslie ColemanTrustee
- REV John Laurence BullasTrustee · since 2006
- Robert Douglas CathcartTrustee
- Susan GarnettTrustee
- Sylvia Joan BullasTrustee · since 2006
- Wendy RichardsonTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- Wellspring Arts Trust · 1 shared trustee
- Bolton Symphony Orchestra · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Religious Activities
- Where
- Bury
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£121k£98k
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.
20 trustees on the board
- Rev Sally Ann Thornton Chair
- Andrea Joanne Coleman
- Andrew Clifford Young
- Ashra Ramlogan
- Bethany Esther Thornton
- Craig Matthew Aspey
- Elaine Muriel Quick
- Enid Cathcart
- Erica Jane Keith
- Gillian Carol Long
- Jean Handley since 2005
- Jennifer Louise Aspey
- Lesley Joanne Harris since 2016
- Michael Richard Thornton Mibs since 2015
- Nicholas Leslie Coleman
- REV John Laurence Bullas since 2006
- Robert Douglas Cathcart
- Sylvia Joan Bullas since 2006
- Susan Garnett
- Wendy Richardson
Trustees past 6 years
- Jean Handley since 2005
- Lesley Joanne Harris since 2016
- Michael Richard Thornton Mibs since 2015
- REV John Laurence Bullas since 2006
- Sylvia Joan Bullas since 2006
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (18)
- Rev Sally Ann Thornton Chair
- Andrea Joanne Coleman
- Andrew Clifford Young
- Ashra Ramlogan
- Bethany Esther Thornton
- Craig Matthew Aspey
- Elaine Muriel Quick
- Enid Cathcart
- Erica Jane Keith
- Gillian Carol Long
- Jean Handley since 2005
- Jennifer Louise Aspey
- Nicholas Leslie Coleman
- REV John Laurence Bullas since 2006
- Robert Douglas Cathcart
- Sylvia Joan Bullas since 2006
- Susan Garnett
- Wendy Richardson
Portfolio (2)
- Lesley Joanne Harris since 2016
- Michael Richard Thornton Mibs 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
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1209762
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 26 OCT 1976
- Contact on the register
- 01617679123 · admin@whitefield-methodist.co.uk
- 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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