# WIRRAL METHODIST CIRCUIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1135375
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** April 7, 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=1135375


## Contact

- **Address:** Hope Farm Methodist Church, Bridge Meadow, Great Sutton, ELLESMERE PORT
- **Postcode:** CH66 2LF
- **Phone:** 01516489846
- **Email:** circuitmanager@wirralmethodist.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wirralmethodist.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:** WorshipPastoral careFund raising for local church/community & world projectsChildren's workYouth WorkTraining

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




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Wirral



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £778539 | £821397 | £2631051 | 8 |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £795671 | £887381 | £2668405 | 14 |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £797956 | £852418 | £2760114 | 9 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £750226 | £790648 | £2814575 | 10 |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £75285 | £738551 | £2854998 | 11 |



## Trustees

- **Rev Noel Henry Clifford Sharp** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Alan Stephen Fowler — appointed May 1, 2024
- Andrew James Tonks Boswell — appointed Aug. 1, 2019
- Angela James — appointed May 1, 2017
- Anne Gwendoline Kitchener — appointed March 15, 2018
- Anne Seddon — appointed June 1, 2018
- Anne-Marie Smith — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- BARRY NATTON
- Barbara Carnochan Green — appointed Nov. 1, 2017
- Bekezela Pardon Dima — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Brenda Elizabeth Mather — appointed June 1, 2019
- CATHERINE VICTORIA WARBRICK — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Colin Charles Jones — appointed Sept. 1, 2016
- Craig Peter Price — appointed Sept. 1, 2014
- DEBRA DENISE EDWARDS — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- David Blackburn — appointed Nov. 22, 2013
- David John Holt — appointed Dec. 1, 2022
- David Smith — appointed May 1, 2022
- David Smith — appointed Sept. 1, 2011
- David Walton — appointed May 4, 2018
- Deacon Eleanor Griffin — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Deacon Jennifer Mary Knight — appointed Sept. 12, 2011
- Dianne Swaffield — appointed March 22, 2018
- Dr Ian Cubbin — appointed Aug. 1, 2018
- Dr JOHN MARGARSON HUTHNANCE PHD
- Dr James Edward Shaw — appointed Aug. 1, 2018
- Dr Janet Almond — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- EVELYN MOIR
- Edward Laurence Hilditch — appointed May 1, 2022
- Erica Rimmer — appointed March 13, 2022
- Evelyn May Felton — appointed April 1, 2018
- Evelynne Stewart Townley — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- FRITZ SCHAFER — appointed March 30, 2026
- GLENYS RUTH JONES — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- IAIN SAMUEL ALEXANDER HENDERSON
- IAN MARTIN HALL
- JANE ISABEL FIELDHOUSE
- JOHN DAVID GRIFFITH — appointed Sept. 1, 2017
- Janet Margaret Herd — appointed May 1, 2023
- Jeanette Walker — appointed July 1, 2022
- Julie Luscombe — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Kathy Thomas — appointed Sept. 1, 2014
- Kevin Neil Mothersdale — appointed Nov. 23, 2023
- Lyn Jackson-Eves — appointed March 25, 2023
- Lynne Maura Cowell — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- MRS MARGARET ALLEN
- Malcolm Robert Collens — appointed May 1, 2015
- Margaret Elizabeth Burrows — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Mr MDD Howlett
- NOEL SCHORAH
- Neville John Ford — appointed Feb. 12, 2019
- Nichola Lennon — appointed May 1, 2025
- PAMELA MARGARET SIMMS
- PAUL GWILYM SHEPPARD — appointed June 25, 2012
- PETER JOHN COLYER
- Paula Ann Dewhirst — appointed March 1, 2023
- REV Barbara Ann Banton — appointed Aug. 22, 2018
- REV CAROLE NATTON
- REV Lorraine Aizlewood-Threlfall — appointed Sept. 1, 2013
- Rae Fraser Volan — appointed March 31, 2020
- Ralph Kitchener — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Rev Alan Fisher — appointed Nov. 22, 2013
- Rev Daniel Woodhouse — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Rev MARK ANDREW BATES — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Rev Phillip Neville Fanning — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Rev Ruth Elizabeth Dowson — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Roger John Staines — appointed April 1, 2023
- Ronald David Barber — appointed May 1, 2017
- STEPHEN HOWARD COOPER — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- Steve Pillow — appointed Sept. 1, 2014
- Susan Elliott — appointed Oct. 13, 2025
- TIMOTHY LESLIE EDWARDS — appointed Aug. 1, 2018
- Viv Gasteen — appointed Sept. 1, 2015