# SUPERINTENDENT MINISTER&#x27;S TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 518173
- **Other names:** THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 12, 1986
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=518173


## Contact

- **Address:** FMUK c/o Freedom Church, Acorn House, The Kingswood Estate, Britannia Road, Kingswood
- **Postcode:** Bristol
- **Phone:** 0117 336 5298
- **Email:** office@freemethodist.org.uk
- **Website:** www.freemethodist.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE FURTHERANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCHES OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA (UNITED KINGDOM DISTRICT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, DISCIPLINES AND USAGES OF THAT CHURCH FOR THE TIME BEING AS SET FORTH IN THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE.

**Activities:** We are the UK HQ of the Free Methodist Church with 25 Churches in GB, 5 in NI, 3 affiliates in England,1 in Eire. In 2016 we furthered our religious and charitable work by operationally, financially, and spiritually supporting new and existing churches in the UK, raising funds/volunteers for international childcare, a missionary hospital in Rwanda, other overseas mission and humanitarian relief .

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Portugal
- Spain
- Ukraine
- Zambia
- Bristol City
- Cheshire West &amp; Chester
- Cornwall
- Essex
- Lancashire
- Pembrokeshire
- Solihull



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £308930 | £294516 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £273326 | £442547 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £282661 | £290202 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £247937 | £249288 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £246869 | £258936 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev John Townley** (Chair)
- John Carter — appointed May 17, 2024
- NORMAN WRIGHT
- Rev Daniel Joseph Cronin — appointed May 7, 2022
- Rev Pete Godfrey — appointed May 15, 2021
- Stephen Megrath — appointed May 17, 2024


