# Dorset South and West Circuit

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1150182
- **Other names:** BRIDPORT AND DORCHESTER METHODIST CIRCUIT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Previously excepted
- **Registered:** Dec. 14, 2012
- **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=1150182


## Contact

- **Address:** 47 Wyke Road, Weymouth
- **Postcode:** DT4 9QQ
- **Phone:** 07709601567
- **Email:** weybaymc@yahoo.com
- **Website:** http://www.dsw.church



## 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:** comprises Methodist Churches at Bere Heath, Broadmayne, Broadwey, Chickerell, Easton, Lanehouse, Portesham, Underhill, Weymouth Bay and Wyke Regis, Uploders, Ecumenical Partnership Churches (Methodist/URC) in Bridport and Dorchester and the Methodist heritage project based at Tolpuddle.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £260456 | £439530 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £238504 | £498735 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £271330 | £384358 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £132039 | £453035 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £470979 | £293754 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **John David Yarrien** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Alastair Neil Ballentine — appointed March 12, 2024
- Alison Claire Berry — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- COLIN GANNAWAY — appointed Dec. 11, 2012
- Caroline Lesley Wolffsohn — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Cathrin Irene Dunford — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Christopher Stephen Smith — appointed June 14, 2023
- Clive Timothy Stokes — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- DR David Michael Evans — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Deborah Ann Cornish — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Diana Leeming — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Elizabeth Fraser Fox — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- JANICE SHEPPARD — appointed Nov. 29, 2017
- JOHN SYDNEY PARSON — appointed April 19, 2019
- Jacqueline Alice Trent — appointed Aug. 20, 2018
- Jacqueline Ann Chevis — appointed Oct. 8, 2018
- Jane Beverley Clinton — appointed Feb. 6, 2025
- Jayne Louise Newton — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Joseph William Fairbairn — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Linda Mary Scott — appointed Sept. 17, 2018
- MARGARET EAGLESTONE — appointed Dec. 11, 2012
- MARIA JACOBSON — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Mary Gracie — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Michael Roger Humphrey — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Paul Maurice Smith — appointed Sept. 20, 2023
- Paula Brown — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Peter Michael Jenner — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Rev GWYNETH MARGARET OWEN — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Rev JOHN DENNIS WALKER — appointed Dec. 11, 2012
- Rev Jane Mary Wilson — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Rev Jean Quick — appointed Aug. 20, 2018
- Rev MARGARET ANN OXENHAM — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Rev Ruth Lownsbrough — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Rev Stephanie Jenner — appointed March 18, 2014
- Robin Barry Powell — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Roger Lewis Phillips — appointed March 20, 2025
- Ross Seagrave — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- SUSAN HERMAN — appointed Sept. 1, 2016
- Susan Mary Nicklin — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Timothy John Wells — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Timothy Tarling — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- VICKY SEAGRAVE — appointed Sept. 1, 2018