The Chapels Society
Registered charity 1014207 Registered since 1992
Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle Of Man
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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.
11 trustees on the board
- Rev Christopher John Bamforth Damp Chair since 2025
- Dr Peter Brian Harry Ackers since 2024
- Dr William Mungo Jacob since 2019
- John George Ellis since 2018
- John Aston Humphries since 2025
- John Harrison Anderson since 2018
- Matthew Davis since 2021
- Michael Paul Hill-King since 2026
- Philip Thornborow since 2025
- Rev Martin Wellings since 2016
- Stuart Leadley since 2022
4.3y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr William Mungo Jacob since 2019
- John George Ellis since 2018
- John Harrison Anderson since 2018
- Rev Martin Wellings since 2016
10.2y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Peter Brian Harry Ackers since 2024
- Matthew Davis since 2021
- Michael Paul Hill-King since 2026
- Philip Thornborow since 2025
- Stuart Leadley since 2022
Portfolio (6)
- Rev Christopher John Bamforth Damp Chair since 2025
- Dr William Mungo Jacob since 2019
- John George Ellis since 2018
- John Aston Humphries since 2025
- John Harrison Anderson since 2018
- Rev Martin Wellings since 2016
5
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9Religious Activities 3Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Other services 4Arts and leisure 3Health and social care 3
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£8k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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 Historic Chapels Trust 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- Wesley Historical Society 1 shared trustee
- South East Area Association of the Congregational Federation 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of the Botesdale Health Centre 1 shared trustee
- The United Reformed Church History Society 1 shared trustee
- Great Ringstead Allotment Charity 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.ChapelsSociety.org.uk |
| ChapelsSociety@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 00000000 |
| Address | 31 LONG LANE, LONDON, N3 2PS |
Finances
£5,957 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £7,295 | £3,860 |
| 2022 | £6,390 | £8,632 |
| 2023 | £6,470 | £5,123 |
| 2024 | £7,680 | £7,129 |
| 2025 | £5,957 | £6,424 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchTrustees (11)
11trustees
70median age
3aged 70+
- Rev Christopher John Bamforth Dampage band 60-64 Chair since 2025
- Dr Peter Brian Harry Ackers since 2024
- Dr William Mungo Jacobage band 80-84 since 2019
- John George Ellisage band 70-74 since 2018
- John Aston Humphries since 2025
- John Harrison Andersonage band 75-79 since 2018
- Matthew Davis since 2021
- Michael Paul Hill-King since 2026
- Philip Thornborow since 2025
- Rev Martin Wellingsage band 60-64 since 2016
- Stuart Leadley since 2022
Connected charities (19)
- The Historic Chapels Trust 2 shared trustees
- The Heathfield Trust 1 shared trustee
- Finchley Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
- Barnet and Queensbury Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
- Trinity (Methodist/United Reformed) Church, Golders Green 1 shared trustee
- Wesley Historical Society 1 shared trustee
- Great Ringstead Allotment Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Society of the Faith (Incorporated) 1 shared trustee
- The Holland Lectureship 1 shared trustee
- Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of the Botesdale Health Centre 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of Kent Churches 1 shared trustee
- Alliance House Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust 1 shared trustee
- The United Reformed Church History Society 1 shared trustee
- Congregational Federation 1 shared trustee
- The Congregational Federation Limited 1 shared trustee
- South East Area Association of the Congregational Federation 1 shared trustee
- Trinity Methodist Church, Congleton 1 shared trustee
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