# HASTINGS BEXHILL & RYE METHODIST CIRCUIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1134757
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 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=1134757


## Contact

- **Address:** 21 Holliers Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea
- **Postcode:** TN40 2DH
- **Phone:** 01424 550427
- **Email:** office@hbrmethodists.org.uk
- **Website:** www.hbrmethodists.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 advancement of the Christian Faith through worship; teaching in small groups; encouraging pastoral work amongst the sick, bereaved and others with particular needs; and supporting UK and overseas charities through finance and prayer.

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




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £237311 | £195888 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £132870 | £193370 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £667009 | £246789 | £2392902 | 1 |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £565517 | £810845 | £2276439 | 1 |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £182374 | £213485 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev Ian Couchman** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- ANGELA IRENE PEPPER
- Adela Mary Binns — appointed May 1, 2014
- Amanda Jane Troughton — appointed March 1, 2014
- Andrew Simon Irving — appointed Sept. 21, 2020
- BARRY PAUL TURNWELL ACIB
- CHRISTINE ANN THACKER
- Carolyn Catharine Lapping — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- DAVID ROGER HANSON
- DAWN ANDREA NOVIS
- David Arthur Grainger Hobson — appointed April 6, 2016
- David John Swales — appointed July 1, 2015
- Dr Julie Todd — appointed June 14, 2022
- Frances Parnham — appointed Feb. 29, 2020
- GILLIAN IRENE LAMBOURNE
- Heather Margaret White — appointed Feb. 1, 2015
- JILL HELEN SAYERS
- JOHN MARK TROUGHTON — appointed March 1, 2014
- KEITH BARRY MILLER
- KEITH RICHARD THACKER
- Kenneth Graham Hatch — appointed Oct. 16, 2018
- MAUREEN ELIZABETH PULLEN — appointed Dec. 11, 2012
- MR GEOF CORKE — appointed May 1, 2016
- MR MIKE LAMBOURNE
- Marilyn Diane Martin — appointed Sept. 1, 2017
- Merle Bailey — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- PAUL BURSON — appointed July 1, 2015
- PAUL EDGAR MARTIN
- PAULA FOORD — appointed July 1, 2015
- Pearl Page — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Rev Crawford James Logan — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Rev Jonathan Todd — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- SHEILA JEAN SINDEN — appointed Sept. 1, 2016
- STEPHEN JAMES HAMPSON — appointed Feb. 10, 2014
- Stephen John Wise — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Sue Skilling — appointed June 20, 2025
- TERENCE STEPHEN NOVIS
- Virginia Cole — appointed June 20, 2025
- WENDY ELIZABETH HATCH
- YVONNE BARBARA PEARSON — appointed Feb. 10, 2014