About MMHS

Methodist Ministers’ Housing Society (‘MMHS’) was founded in 1948. For over seventy-five years, we have been providing quality housing and associated services on charitable terms for Methodist Church ministers, both Presbyters and Deacons, (‘Ministers’) and their spouses/partners.

We operate in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands; this is a wide geographical area. At the present time, we look after c650 ministerial households.

As well as providing for those who retire at usual retirement age, we also look after those who retire early on health or compassionate grounds. We provide, too, for widows, widowers and dependents of Ministers who die in active service.

We have an equity sharing scheme, whereby retiring Ministers take an equity interest in the MMHS property in which they live. We also have an equity sharing fund whereby MMHS takes an equity share in a property owned by both retiring and already retired Ministers.

Wellbeing support is very important to us and has been given a particular strategic focus in recent years. We are committed to assisting with mobility needs as much as we can and enabling the Ministers and their spouses/partners, to continue living independently in their own homes for as long as possible. A key element of this is ensuring that our properties are suitably adapted for use, and are also fully accessible.

MMHS’s mission is expanding. We are providing more wellbeing support, and in 2026, we will be embarking on a new area of mission which will address need in the wider world.