Cumbria Methodist Circuit

Charity number: 1133928
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Work in Churches in Penrith Circuit, Other Methodist Bodies, Churches Together, Local Schools/Hospitals. Outreach; Alpha Courses, Work with children, young people and families and the elderly: Provide a Debt Centre in conjunction with Christians Against Poverty. Charitable work in UK and Overseas. Affirming Christian Faith through Worship Service and Outreach in and around the Circuit.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £349,386
Total expenditure: £258,871

People

33 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Cumbria

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 February 2010: Previously excepted registration
Organisation type:
Previously excepted
Other names:
  • EAST CUMBRIA METHODIST CHURCH (Previous name)
  • EAST CUMBRIA METHODIST CIRCUIT (Previous name)
  • East Cumbria Methodist Circuit (Previous name)
  • PENRITH METHODIST CIRCUIT (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

33 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rev David Charles Newlove Chair 01 September 2025
GRANGE METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Rev David William Edmondson Trustee 01 September 2025
GRANGE METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
SOUTH LAKES CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Rev Tiras Philip Dainty-Share Trustee 01 September 2025
KENDAL METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: On time
Lynne Marie Pearce Trustee 01 September 2025
SOUTH WEST CUMBRIA UNITED AREA
Received: On time
DALTON COMMUNITY CHURCH
Recently registered
Rev Hayley Lisa Edmondson Trustee 01 September 2025
SOUTH WEST CUMBRIA UNITED AREA
Received: On time
GRANGE METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Rev Marie-Anne Kent Trustee 01 September 2025
None on record
Rev Julia Reid Trustee 01 September 2025
None on record
Margaret Helen McVoy Trustee 01 September 2025
None on record
JUDITH MARY JAMES Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
Dr PETER JOHN BOWES MBE Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
JOHN JOSEPH WILSON Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
Rev MARY KATHLEEN ELLIOT Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
ROBERT WILLIAM TOPPIN Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
SHANE MCNICOL B.Eng Trustee 01 September 2023
PENRITH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
RAYMOND JEFFREY WAGER M.A M.Sc Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
Allan Richard Armstrong Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
DIANE CLAIRE GREY BSc MA Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
JOHN ALAN SLEE BSc Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
Morgan James Tebb-Roger Trustee 27 September 2022
PENRITH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Carolyn Dickinson Trustee 01 September 2022
None on record
Soonu Verghese Trustee 21 March 2022
None on record
Kathryn Anne Davidson Trustee 23 August 2020
PENRITH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Helen Brunskill Trustee 06 December 2017
PENRITH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Alison Birkett Btd Hons Trustee 08 June 2017
None on record
Joyce Florence Cordingley Trustee 09 May 2017
None on record
Jean L Parker Trustee 08 March 2017
None on record
Sylvia Margaret Dufton Trustee 01 September 2013
None on record
Rev GILLIAN BELFORD Trustee 25 June 2013
PENRITH METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
SHEILA MALLINSON Trustee
None on record
Rev ALAN GAWTHROP Trustee
None on record
IAN FRASER DICKINSON Trustee
None on record
KATHLEEN ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON BSC Trustee
None on record
LOIS MARY MORTON ATT Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £174.99k £447.03k £265.52k £155.21k £349.39k
Total expenditure £169.32k £170.66k £197.94k £257.16k £258.87k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 August 2024 20 June 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 20 June 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 11 March 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 11 March 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 11 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 11 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 31 March 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 31 March 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 25 March 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 25 March 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DEED OF UNION (1932) AND THE METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) as amended on 01 Sept 2023 as amended on 01 Sept 2025

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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Contact information

Address:
Penrith Methodist Church
Wordsworth Street
Penrith
CA11 7QY
Phone:
01768 862787
Email:
ADMIN@PENRITHMETHODIST.CO.UK
Website:

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