# THE METHODIST CHURCH, WEST OXFORDSHIRE CIRCUIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1134159
- **Other names:** THE METHODIST CHURCH, WITNEY AND FARINGDON CIRCUIT, WEST OXFORDSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT, WEST OXFORDSHIRE METHODISTS, WITNEY AND FARINGDON METHODIST CIRCUIT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** Feb. 5, 2010
- **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=1134159


## Contact

- **Address:** Wesley Manse, Church Street, CHIPPING NORTON, Oxfordshire
- **Postcode:** OX7 5NT
- **Phone:** 01608544362
- **Email:** andrew.biggs@methodist.org.uk
- **Website:** www.westoxfordshiremethodists.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:** Act as an umbrella for the local churches within the Circuit.  Provision of services for them, eg preparation of preaching plan, organisation of pastoral care within the communities covered, organisation of events, etc.

**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

- Oxfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £812260 | £465391 | £4406369 | 2 |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £297855 | £454459 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £258562 | £361038 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £250620 | £496321 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £206052 | £307837 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev Andrew Paul Biggs BEd MSc** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Alan Robert Souch — appointed June 12, 2024
- Andrew John Gower — appointed Oct. 6, 2015
- BEATRICE MARY Willis — appointed June 11, 2018
- Bruce Anderson — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- CHARLES HENRY Simpkins — appointed March 13, 2016
- Carol Ann Port — appointed June 7, 2023
- Claire Louise Walton — appointed July 1, 2022
- DAWN ELIZABETH ELLEN HALEY
- Derek Charles Leonard Jerome — appointed June 12, 2024
- Douglas Brian Paxton — appointed Sept. 14, 2022
- EDWIN CHARLES FOWLER
- Elizabeth Kilpatrick — appointed July 26, 2022
- Graham John Leonard Kew — appointed June 12, 2024
- Helen Joyce Blight — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Helen Louise Adams RGN Dip He — appointed Nov. 21, 2014
- Ian Frederick Cotton — appointed Nov. 25, 2014
- JANET IRENE HILTON — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- JUDITH ANNE BUCKNALL BA — appointed May 29, 2011
- Jacqueline Ann Milner — appointed Nov. 25, 2011
- John Cecil Bentley FCCA — appointed Oct. 17, 2021
- Jonathan Andrew Alastair Miller — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Julie Margaret Biggs — appointed June 12, 2024
- KATHLEEN MILDRED ALBERT
- Karl Kevin Williams — appointed Oct. 5, 2016
- Keith Early Crawford
- Linda Margaret Souch — appointed June 12, 2024
- Martin Hannant — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Mary Henderson McDougall — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Matthew Wareham — appointed March 12, 2014
- Nigel James — appointed July 4, 2013
- Patricia Jane Wellstood — appointed June 12, 2024
- Raena Elizabeth Farley — appointed June 12, 2024
- Ramon Vaughan Gater — appointed March 5, 2026
- Rev Kathryn Ann Flynn — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Rev Susan Nerissa Jacobs — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Richard Bowler — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Robert David Ayers — appointed June 12, 2024
- Rosemary Jane Britton B Sc — appointed March 13, 2019
- Sonia Duraturo — appointed June 12, 2024
- Stella Georgina Bristow
- Sylvia Pauline Bareham — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Tracey Liddiard — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- VALERIE ANN TEE — appointed March 27, 2018
- Valerie Ruth Donoghue BA, MSc — appointed June 12, 2024