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The Friends of Wendens Ambo Church

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £8k (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Essex
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£8k£234
  • 2025£5k£1k
  • 2024£4k£357
Earlier years
  • 2023£4k£3k
  • 2022£3k£895

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

(I) TO HELP MAINTAIN AND WHERE NECESSARY HELP RESTORE THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, WENDENS AMBO, NEAR SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX AND TO MAINTAIN ITS USE AS A PLACE OF WORHIP. (II) TO FURTHER THE PRESERVATION OF THE FABRIC OF THE SAID CHURCH AND ITS GENERAL MAINTENANCE. (III) TO HELP MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE CHURCH AND BURIAL GROUND AND BOUNDARY WALLS SURROUNDING THE SAID CHURCH.

Board analysis

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.

8.4y median 9y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 6General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£5k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1019341
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON THE 18TH OF JANUARY 1993 AND AMENDED ON 22 JUNE 2006
Contact on the register
01799542196 · geoffrey@rusby.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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