# THE METHODIST CHURCH - CHESTER AND STOKE-ON-TRENT DISTRICT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1132237
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** Oct. 21, 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=1132237


## Contact

- **Address:** Methodist District Centre, Bishops Wood, Nantwich
- **Postcode:** CW5 7QD
- **Phone:** 01270627786
- **Email:** chester.stoke@btconnect.com
- **Website:** www.chesterandstokemethodists.org



## 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 provision of public acts of worship and sacred space for prayer. The teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses, special events and small groups. The resourcing, encouragement and disciplining of Methodist work in the District.  Promoting an interest in the work and influence of Primitive Methodism. Providing public access to Christian books and worship materials.

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




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Halton
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-trent City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £1240704 | £1181348 | £1848476 | 18 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £1149285 | £1101288 | £1803356 | 17 |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £1586408 | £988973 | £1786601 | 17 |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £1005572 | £915569 | £1137096 | 19 |
| Aug. 31, 2019 | £978281 | £1252860 | £1101614 | 19 |



## Trustees

- DANIEL KEEN — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Glenn Gerald Parkes MBE — appointed Sept. 1, 2017
- Heather Jane Staniland — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Isabel Brislen — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Rev DAVID WILLIS — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Rev Dr Timothy Stuart Alexander-Macquiban MA, PhD — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Rev Elizabeth Jane Singleton — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Rev Helen Ruth Kirk — appointed Sept. 1, 2019
- Rev Joy Ruth Ventom — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Rev Kathryn Stephens — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Rev ROBERT HILTON — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Robert Tunnicliff — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- SALLY GRAHAM — appointed Sept. 1, 2017
- VALERIE ANN MAYERS — appointed Sept. 1, 2016