# TORRIDGE METHODIST CIRCUIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1132638
- **Other names:** BIDEFORD AND SHEBBEAR METHODIST CIRCUIT, BIDEFORD METHODIST CIRCUIT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** Nov. 10, 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=1132638


## Contact

- **Address:** WEBBERY CROSS COTTAGE, WEBBERY, BIDEFORD
- **Postcode:** EX39 4PU
- **Phone:** 01271858534
- **Email:** ELSIE.POTTER@BTINTERNET.COM
- **Website:** torridgemethodistcircuit.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 Torridge Methodist Circuit provides ministers for the Methodist Churches within its area and co-ordinates church activities across the area.

**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

- Devon



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £243839 | £249373 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £183868 | £211256 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £187496 | £192307 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £244463 | £215026 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £185001 | £165967 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Ann Ash — appointed Dec. 8, 2016
- Anthea Sussex — appointed Nov. 20, 2024
- BRIAN REGINALD CHAPPLE
- Beryl Oke — appointed Dec. 8, 2016
- Brian Henry Cooke — appointed Nov. 25, 2021
- DAVID COURTNEY WATSON
- David Bryan Ley — appointed Jan. 28, 2016
- ELSIE IRENE POTTER
- Elizabeth Mary Cooke — appointed Nov. 25, 2021
- FRANK LEWIS WATSON — appointed April 23, 2012
- HILDA MARY HARRIS — appointed April 23, 2012
- IAN TREVOR ALLIN — appointed June 14, 2018
- IRIS MAY CHAPPLE — appointed April 23, 2012
- Jacqueline Rose Watson — appointed April 23, 2012
- Jennifer Thurston — appointed June 13, 2019
- John Babb — appointed Nov. 20, 2024
- Judith Irene Ross — appointed March 11, 2020
- Judith Marie Quance — appointed June 11, 2012
- Julian Allin — appointed June 22, 2023
- MARGARET CISSIE REED
- MAUREEN LETITIA ELLIS — appointed April 23, 2012
- MICHAEL DAVID STEVENS
- PHILIP JOHN SQUIRE
- ROSANNA MARGARET STEVENS
- ROY ARTHUR STANLEY JOHNS — appointed Sept. 14, 2012
- RUTH ANN BLAKE — appointed April 23, 2012
- Rev ANDREW THOMAS VIDAMOUR — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Rev Lynne Burgon — appointed March 3, 2022
- Rev Paul Booth — appointed June 22, 2023
- SARAH ANNE RICHARDS — appointed June 14, 2018
- SARAH LYNIA BADHAM — appointed Oct. 7, 2016
- SHEILA ANN BABB — appointed Dec. 8, 2017
- STUART JOHN FAULKNER — appointed April 23, 2012
- VALERIE ROSE PEARD — appointed April 23, 2012
- VICTOR JOHN HANCOCK
- Vivienne Phyllis Sheriff — appointed June 14, 2018