# NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1130810
- **Other names:** NEWCASTLE (STAFFS) CIRCUIT, NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE CIRCUIT, THE METHODIST CHURCH - NEWCASTLE (STAFFS) CIRCUIT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** July 28, 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=1130810


## Contact

- **Address:** St Luke's Methodist Church, Severn Drive, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
- **Postcode:** ST5 4BH
- **Phone:** 01782 612648
- **Email:** finance1122@hotmail.com
- **Website:** www.northstaffordshiremethodists.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 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.

**Activities:** North Staffordshire Circuit administers the overall affairs of ten local Methodist churches:   (a) The ministerial oversight and pastoral care of the churches;(b) The support of a ministry team of three presbyteral ministers;(c) The maintenance of four Circuit manses.

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




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Staffordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £226613 | £278716 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £244602 | £332348 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £244390 | £256792 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £206372 | £257142 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £206372 | £257142 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev Elizabeth Jane Singleton** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- ALEXANDER PULLIN — appointed March 17, 2015
- AVRIL DENISE POYNER — appointed Feb. 19, 2025
- Amanda McMillan — appointed Feb. 21, 2019
- Anthony James Leech HND — appointed Nov. 14, 2018
- DAVID ANTHONY ROWLEY — appointed March 9, 2012
- DOROTHY MAY EDGELEY — appointed March 18, 2015
- Derrick John Collins BSc MSc — appointed Oct. 3, 2024
- Donald Arthur Holford — appointed Sept. 14, 2022
- Donna Dodd — appointed March 10, 2021
- Elizabeth Anne Amphlett — appointed Sept. 25, 2024
- Elizabeth Glover — appointed Sept. 7, 2016
- Elizabeth Shannon — appointed March 9, 2012
- JOHN GLOVER ACII — appointed March 9, 2012
- Julie Rachel Goodson — appointed July 30, 2019
- KAREN MICHELE BARNETT — appointed Sept. 7, 2016
- Linda Johnson — appointed Feb. 16, 2025
- MICHAEL DAVID STEVENSON
- MICHAEL SHUFFLEBOTHAM
- PHILIP HODGES — appointed March 9, 2012
- PHILIP JOHN HARRISON — appointed Aug. 23, 2017
- Paul Kenneth Dyche — appointed Feb. 14, 2024
- REBECCA FRANCES JONES
- REX HENSHALL DOWNING — appointed March 31, 2014
- ROBERT ALCOCK — appointed Feb. 24, 2014
- ROSE LORRAINE VERNON
- Rev James Pritchard — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Rev Joy Ruth Ventom — appointed Sept. 12, 2018
- Rev Kenneth Allan Strachan MA, BD — appointed Oct. 2, 2022
- SHEILA HEAP — appointed March 9, 2012
- STEPHEN BRIAN SHARE — appointed March 21, 2012
- Thelma Ann Twigg MBE — appointed March 11, 2019
- Valerie Bayley — appointed Oct. 2, 2024