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Registered charity · Preston

Free Methodist Church, Garstang

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £384k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.garstangfmc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£384k£263k
  • 2024£217k£246k
  • 2023£322k£215k
Earlier years
  • 2022£224k£218k
  • 2021£212k£222k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE FURTHERANCE IN GARSTANG OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, DISCIPLINES AND USAGES OF THAT CHURCH FOR THE TIME BEING AS SET FORTH IN THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE.

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.

9 trustees on the board

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Overseas Aid/famine Relief 8Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£217k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
514360
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 21 APRIL 1983 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 9 MARCH 2000
Contact on the register
01995 602852 · info@garstangfmc.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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