Registered charity · Kingswood
Superintendent Minister's Trust
Superintendent Minister's Trust is a registered charity (number 518173) based in Kingswood, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Rev John Townley. Latest income £332k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as The Free Methodist Church in the United Kingdom (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £332k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 1 more
- Where
- Solihull, Cornwall, Lancashire, Bristol City and more
- Website
- www.freemethodist.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£332k£319k
- 2024£309k£295k
- 2023£273k£443k
Earlier years
- 2022£283k£290k
- 2021£248k£249k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE FURTHERANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCHES OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA (UNITED KINGDOM DISTRICT) 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.
6 trustees on the board
- Rev John Townley Chair
- Norman Wright
- Rev Ian Clarkson since 2026
- Rev Pete Godfrey since 2021
- Simon Burgess since 2026
- Stephen Megrath since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Norman Wright
- Rev Pete Godfrey since 2021
- Simon Burgess since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Rev John Townley Chair
- Rev Ian Clarkson since 2026
- Stephen Megrath since 2024
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 518173
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 9 JANUARY 1984 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15 OCTOBER 2009
- Contact on the register
- 0117 336 5298 · office@freemethodist.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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