# WEST DURHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1134893
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** March 12, 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=1134893


## Contact

- **Address:** 7 New Road, Crook
- **Postcode:** DL15 8QE
- **Phone:** 01388762587
- **Email:** westdurhammethodists@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.westdurhammethodists.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:** Church based activities and promotion of mission and outreach opportunities contained within the mission  statement and priorities of the Methodist Church.

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




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Durham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £269426 | £298150 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £267423 | £274594 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £260865 | £264688 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £253444 | £229160 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £217312 | £200918 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev Bruce Jonathan Sawyer** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- ANN BOWER
- Brenda Simpson — appointed April 1, 2022
- DAVID DIXON
- DAVID WILLIAM GLASS
- DEREK HADDON STAINES
- DOROTHY EMERSON
- David Ralph Hall — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Deacon Liesl Collette Warren — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- FRANCES ANN JOHNSON — appointed March 1, 2025
- Gerald Bell — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Gillian Herron — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- JUDITH BAINBRIDGE
- John Blowes — appointed Sept. 1, 2019
- John Richardson — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- KATHY PERRY
- Mark Frederick Bagnall — appointed Dec. 1, 2024
- PAMELA HARPER
- Rev Elizabeth Anne Catford — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Roger Charles Stone — appointed Sept. 1, 2019
- Rosemary Margaret Hall — appointed Sept. 1, 2019
- SUSAN ANNE HINE
- Stephanie Claire Mason — appointed Sept. 1, 2022