# UNITY METHODIST CHURCH

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1173520
- **Other names:** SANDBACH METHODIST CHURCH, WESLEY AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH, SANDBACH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 21, 2017
- **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=1173520


## Contact

- **Address:** WESLEY CENTRE, 16 CHAPEL STREET, SANDBACH
- **Postcode:** CW11 1DS
- **Phone:** 01270750078
- **Website:** www.unitymethodistchurchsandbach.org



## Activities

**Objects:** SECTION 4 METHODIST CHURCH ACT 1976THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH ARE AND SHALL BE PURPOSES 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 BEING A 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:** Sunday and midweek worship; youth and family work, including Stepping Stones (parents and toddlers) and family afternoons; pastoral care; Lifeline Debt Advice; Foodbank; Pantry. Hire of premises to outside groups; Craft and Chat group; Wesley Guild; House Groups; Social events (Saturday Cafe, community lunches, Sunday lunches, church bowls group); Justice and Peace Group; fundraising; donations.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People



## Areas of operation

- Cheshire East



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £241671 | £221031 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £174334 | £182898 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £155752 | £137261 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £105387 | £128059 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £89379 | £94537 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev Carolyn Ann Lawrance** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- ANN HORSFIELD — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- BRUNILDA EYRE — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Brian Cornel Hanna — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Cynthia Kelly — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Elizabeth Mary Trinder — appointed Dec. 7, 2023
- Ellen Doreen Cieka — appointed Nov. 24, 2021
- GEORGE ALAN PIMLOTT — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Gillian Margaret Bailey — appointed Oct. 22, 2025
- JAYNE LORRELLA BUNN — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Karen Elizabeth Foster — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Kathleen Elizabeth Wharton — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Katy Louise Lowe — appointed June 22, 2022
- Marian Pauline Sherwin — appointed Nov. 25, 2020
- Matthew Timothy Cooke — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Norma Joyce Stolworthy — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Pamela Christine Smith — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- ROBERT PAUL CHARLES GLASSONBURY — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- STEPHEN  DAVID PARKER-AIKEN — appointed Sept. 1, 2020