# CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH PRESTON

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1131157
- **Other names:** LUNE STREET METHODIST CHURCH PRESTON
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** Aug. 18, 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=1131157


## Contact

- **Address:** Lune Street, Preston, Lancashire
- **Postcode:** PR1 2NL
- **Phone:** 01772881851
- **Email:** editor@centralmethodist.org.uk
- **Website:** www.centralmethodist.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:** The premises offer public Christian worship on Sundays and Wednesdays.  The church runs a coffee shop, which serves a wide and diverse number of people, and hosts other community groups.  The church sponsors one child through Compassion (UK).

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




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Lancashire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £169398 | £84258 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £126098 | £136390 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £117267 | £105675 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £120812 | £116404 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £71744 | £93738 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alison Pettitt — appointed Oct. 15, 2025
- DR RICHARD HUGH BILLINGHAM MIM
- Geoff Tyson — appointed Oct. 19, 2022
- JULIA BLACKETT BA
- Maureen Anne Abson MPhil, BA — appointed Oct. 6, 2013
- Naseera Patel — appointed Oct. 12, 2016
- OLWEN JANET SWINDLEHURST BED
- PAUL ANDREW BLACKETT
- PETER SLOAN ABSON BENG
- RUTH CAROLE MILLWARD-HOPKINS BA, PGCE
- Roberta Malone — appointed Oct. 25, 2023
- SARAH O'HALLORAN — appointed July 3, 2018
- SHEENA ELIZABETH RHODES
- SUSAN BURGESS
- Valerie Waterhouse — appointed July 3, 2018