# METHODIST CHURCH SOUTHEND AND LEIGH CIRCUIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1134248
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 10, 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=1134248


## Contact

- **Address:** Highlands Methodist Church, Sutherland Boulevard, LEIGH-ON-SEA
- **Postcode:** SS9 3PT
- **Phone:** 01702479476
- **Email:** SOUTHENDANDLEIGHCIRCUIT@GMAIL.COM
- **Website:** www.SouthendandLeigh.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 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:** The Circuit is the administrative body for the fourteen Methodist Churches and two Mission Centres in the Southend and Leigh Circuit.

**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

- Southend-on-sea



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £524388 | £538185 | £3487290 | 9 |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £591107 | £542147 | £2601088 | 10 |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £507196 | £514368 | £2552128 | 4 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £392937 | £534335 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £405136 | £422363 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev Peter Moorhouse** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- ALAN SAMBRIDGE — appointed June 28, 2014
- ANNE BRIANT
- Andrew Hyde — appointed March 19, 2026
- Angela Merenda — appointed Feb. 1, 2018
- Anne Sains — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Bruce Glendenning — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- Catherine Turner — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- Claire Gunn — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Deacon Sarah McDowall — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Diane Norton — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- EVA MARY HAYES
- GABRIELLE GREENWAY — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Heather Sims — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- IAN LOWE BSC HONS
- JUDEE PETERSON — appointed July 20, 2014
- JUDITH TAYLOR — appointed Feb. 1, 2018
- Jane Fulford — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- KEITH NORMAN
- Karen Wagg — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- LAWRENCE WARD — appointed May 29, 2013
- MARGARET JOAN POULTER
- MICHAEL SPAULL — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- MURIEL PREGNALL — appointed June 17, 2018
- NEELTJE CHARLES
- Patrick Smith — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Paul Wornell — appointed Sept. 19, 2019
- ROBERT BRIANT
- Rev Agnes Sam — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Rev Brenda Gutberlet — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Rev Heather Simmons — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Rev Stephen Mayo — appointed Feb. 1, 2018
- Rev Zena Smith — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Roger Smith — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- SUSAN ALLUM — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Sheila Smith — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Steve Watson — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Stuart Mann — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- TINA GOWERS — appointed May 29, 2013
- VALERIE SHEILA DOBBIN
- VIVIEN ROBSON BA HONS — appointed Aug. 5, 2014
- Valerie Ryall — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Wendy Coombes — appointed Sept. 1, 2015
- William Frank Edmonds — appointed Sept. 1, 2022