# LEEDS SOUTH AND WEST METHODIST CIRCUIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1129529
- **Other names:** LEEDS (HEADINGLEY AND WEST) CIRCUIT, LEEDS, HEADINGLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** May 11, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1129529


## Contact

- **Address:** Wesley Road Chapel, Wesley Road, LEEDS
- **Postcode:** LS12 1UL
- **Phone:** 0113 2794816
- **Email:** admin@lswmethodists.org.uk
- **Website:** www.lswmethodists.org.uk



## Activities

**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 dicipline 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.

**Activities:** We are a Methodist Circuit created in 1/9/2015 covering 23 Methodist churches (including 5 local ecumenical partnerships) across the western half of the Leeds Metropolitan area.We aim to continue our life of witness in accordance with the Our Calling Priorities set out by the Methodist Church: Worship, Learning and Caring, Service, and Evangelism.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Leeds City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £2290901 | £893172 | £5447311 | 7 |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £501664 | £672520 | £3726903 | 8 |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £1563517 | £560744 | £3776738 | 7 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £632420 | £607180 | £2781802 | 10 |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £431026 | £521568 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £437239 | £489700 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev Joanne Lightowler** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 4, 2013
- ALISON ERICA HARTLEY — appointed July 23, 2015
- AUDREY WILKS — appointed July 22, 2015
- Andrea Evers — appointed July 2, 2014
- BRAIN LAWRENCE DRAPER — appointed May 15, 2018
- BRIAN THORNTON — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- CAROL SIMPSON — appointed March 15, 2022
- CATHERINE ANN BAILEY — appointed March 15, 2022
- Carol Patricia Hoyle — appointed May 20, 2024
- DAVID JOHN WOOD — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- Dorothy Stefanidis — appointed March 12, 2019
- Dr John Uren — appointed June 13, 2019
- Dr Judith Simpson — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Dr Robert Moore — appointed March 11, 2021
- Dr Stephen Humphris — appointed Nov. 15, 2023
- ELIZABETH ANN SMITH — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- ELLEN CAROL NORMANTON — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- Elizabeth Mary Beetham — appointed March 16, 2026
- FRANCES ANN WOOD — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- FRED JEWITT
- GLYNIS CLARKE
- Guy Austin-Bride — appointed Dec. 1, 2020
- HELEN CATHERINE BOOCOCK — appointed Sept. 14, 2012
- Helen Paine — appointed March 18, 2024
- JANET TAYLOR — appointed Sept. 26, 2011
- JOHN MARTIN PROCTER — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- John Rodney Strickland — appointed Nov. 12, 2024
- KEITH HARRISON
- LINDA MARGARET KELLETT — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- MARGARET ANNE METCALFE — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- MICHELLE ROCK — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Margaret Ann Tate — appointed Sept. 11, 2023
- PAULINE PEACOCK — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- PHILIP MAUD BA — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- PROFESSOR EDMUND HAROLD LINFIELD
- Paul Howard Metcalfe — appointed March 13, 2023
- Paul Thompson — appointed Nov. 15, 2023
- Professor Gordon Edward Andrews — appointed July 3, 2014
- ROY SHEARD — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- Rev MICHELLE SARAH ONYETT — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Rev Madeleine Elizabeth Andrews — appointed Sept. 26, 2012
- Rev Peter Reasbeck — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Rev Rachel Ward — appointed Sept. 1, 2019
- SEAN KELLY — appointed March 13, 2025
- SHARON LESLIE BROCKSOM BA
- SIMON PETER BROCKSOM A.I.L.C
- SUSAN HOGARTH CERT ED — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- Timothy Nicholls — appointed Jan. 29, 2024
- VERA ANNE JACKSON — appointed July 22, 2015
- VICTORIA HAZEL ROSE — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- stuart westerman — appointed Sept. 1, 2015