Union Chapel Project

Registered charity 1010166 Registered since 1992

Operates: Islington

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

Jean Appleyard since 2020
Kathryn Louise Dixon since 2015
Kenneth Beech since 2025
Neil Ruckman since 2025
Rev Catherine Bird since 2025
Tom Linton-Smith since 2017

4.8y median 3.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Jean Appleyard since 2020
Kathryn Louise Dixon since 2015
Tom Linton-Smith since 2017

9.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Jean Appleyard since 2020
Kathryn Louise Dixon since 2015
Neil Ruckman since 2025
Tom Linton-Smith since 2017

Portfolio (2)

Kenneth Beech since 2025
Rev Catherine Bird since 2025

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Economic/community Development/employment 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Business services 5Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.2 in 2021

33 from 59 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

The Margins Project 2 shared trustees

Also active in the same field

Trebah Garden Trust Similar size; both Environment
Bristol Aero Collection Trust Similar size; both Environment
Peterborough Environment City Trust Similar size; both Environment
The MID-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust Similar size; both Environment
Railway Paths Limited Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.unionchapel.org.uk
Email	accounts@unionchapel.org.uk
Phone	02071010090
Address	19B Compton Terrace, LONDON, N1 2UN

Finances

£2,537,604 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,277,854	£1,249,393
2022	£1,315,715	£1,020,385
2023	£1,509,253	£1,747,993
2024	£1,880,911	£1,719,304
2025	£2,537,604	£2,200,687

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF UNION CHAPEL ISLINGTON AND TO PROMOTE THEREIN SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW AND WHICH ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE BELIEF IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THE INCARNATE SON OF GOD AND THE REDEEMER OF MEN AND IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AS THE AUTHOR OF SPIRITUAL LIFE AND WITH RECOGNITION OF THE DIVINELY INSPIRED SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS AS THE SUPREME AND SUFFICIENT RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/02/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/09/2012

Trustees (6)

6trustees

63median age

0aged 70+

Jean Appleyardage band 65-69 since 2020
Kathryn Louise Dixonage band 55-59 since 2015
Kenneth Beechage band 60-64 since 2025
Neil Ruckmanage band 60-64 since 2025
Rev Catherine Birdage band 60-64 since 2025
Tom Linton-Smith since 2017

Linked company (Companies House)

Union Chapel Project · 02583801 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/02/1991

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Margins Project 2 shared trustees

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