# WEST PENNINE MOORS METHODIST CIRCUIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1132674
- **Other names:** BLACKBURN METHODIST CIRCUIT, BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN METHODIST CIRCUIT, WEST PENNINE MOORS METHODISTCIRCUIT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** Nov. 12, 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=1132674


## Contact

- **Address:** Circuit Office, Antley Methodist Church, Blackburn Road, Accrington, Lancashire
- **Postcode:** BB5 0DE
- **Phone:** 07988 177525
- **Email:** wpmcircuit@outlook.com
- **Website:** www.wpmmethodist.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 CHARIT0ABLE 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 SUBSIDIARY 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:** Umbrella for the Methodist churches in the West Pennine Moors Methodist Circuit.

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




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Blackburn With Darwen
- Lancashire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £260968 | £346062 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £257852 | £344515 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £571137 | £271907 | £4000155 | 5 |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £277995 | £337299 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £338447 | £383287 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ARTHUR GEORGE GRIME — appointed June 15, 2020
- Alfred Peter Wray — appointed June 18, 2025
- BRIAN PEEL
- CHARLOTTE RUMBLE — appointed Sept. 1, 2014
- Catherine Young — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- DAVID HAWORTH — appointed Dec. 5, 2012
- David Albert Foster — appointed June 15, 2020
- David Stuttard — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Dr GJ Murali — appointed July 1, 2023
- Dr Katherine Elizabeth Burn — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Dr Victoria Higham — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Duncan Turner — appointed June 30, 2023
- Fiona Murtagh — appointed Oct. 28, 2024
- Geraldine Simister — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- HILARY PHYLLIS THOBURN — appointed Dec. 5, 2012
- Helen Pilkington — appointed July 1, 2023
- Ian James Pilkington — appointed June 20, 2025
- JACKIE LAMBERT — appointed Aug. 22, 2013
- JEAN SCOTT FISH — appointed Jan. 7, 2015
- JEAN TAYLOR — appointed Dec. 5, 2012
- JUNE LITTLEMORE — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Karen Elizabeth Rowley — appointed Sept. 1, 2019
- Kathryn Hodkinson — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Michael Bancroft BSc PGCE — appointed Sept. 1, 2019
- PATRICIA ANNE PEDDIE — appointed Jan. 7, 2015
- PATRICIA SCOTT BANCROFT
- PAUL EDWARD RUMBLE — appointed Jan. 9, 2013
- REV T YOUNG — appointed Dec. 12, 2011
- Rev Andrew Paul Turner — appointed June 15, 2020
- Rev CHRISTINE LEECH — appointed Dec. 5, 2012
- Rev JAMES HENDERSON — appointed Jan. 7, 2015
- Rev Joseph Suray — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Rev Keith William Borwick — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Rev Matthew Smith — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Richard Anthony Gunston — appointed July 7, 2023
- Ruth Margaret Howarth — appointed July 7, 2022
- SARAH WEAL — appointed Dec. 5, 2012
- Sarah Fairclough — appointed June 17, 2020
- Sheila Mary Parker — appointed June 23, 2025
- Simon Pearce Huggill — appointed March 12, 2024
- Simon Rumble — appointed July 11, 2024
- Susan Rumble — appointed Jan. 2, 2023
- THOMAS ALAN ISHERWOOD — appointed July 7, 2022
- Tracy Parkinson — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- VALERIE GREGORY — appointed Oct. 18, 2011
- Veronica Walsh — appointed June 5, 2025