The Worcestershire and Dudley Historic Churches Trust
Registered charity 1035156 Registered since 1994
Operates: Dudley, Worcestershire
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Timothy John Bridges Chair
- Annette Leech
- Charles Caddick since 2018
- David Thorpe since 2022
- Dr Susan Claire Strachan since 2019
- Elaine Drage since 2018
- Michael Allan Howard since 2015
- Philip Andrew Jones since 2013
- Rev Mark Badger since 2025
- Tobias Thornes since 2019
7.4y median 7.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Caddick since 2018
- Dr Susan Claire Strachan since 2019
- Elaine Drage since 2018
- Michael Allan Howard since 2015
- Philip Andrew Jones since 2013
- Tobias Thornes since 2019
8.3y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Annette Leech
- Charles Caddick since 2018
- David Thorpe since 2022
- Dr Susan Claire Strachan since 2019
- Elaine Drage since 2018
- Philip Andrew Jones since 2013
- Tobias Thornes since 2019
Portfolio (3)
- Timothy John Bridges Chair
- Michael Allan Howard since 2015
- Rev Mark Badger since 2025
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Environment/conservation/heritage 9Religious Activities 2Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.
Business services 2Arts and leisure 1Other services 1
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£7k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Church Lands 1 shared trustee
- The Worcester Diocesan Social Responsibility Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of Earls Croome Church 1 shared trustee
- Worcester Diocesan Sites and Buildings Fund 1 shared trustee
- Association of Festival Churches 1 shared trustee
- Motov8 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.worcesteranddudleyhistoricchurches.org.uk |
| Phone | 01886502060 |
| Address | 1 The Dovecote, Leigh, WORCESTER, WR6 5LB |
Finances
£7,249 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £4,562 | £4,734 |
| 2022 | £5,073 | £3,417 |
| 2023 | £5,181 | £2,818 |
| 2024 | £5,862 | £3,748 |
| 2025 | £7,249 | £5,245 |
What it does
What
Environment/conservation/heritageWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
1. THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION REPAIR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT UPKEEP OR BEAUTIFICATION OF ANY CHURCH WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 2. THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF CHURCHES.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 21 OCTOBER 1993 as amended on 22 Nov 2022
Trustees (10)
10trustees
67median age
1aged 70+
- Timothy John Bridges Chair
- Annette Leech
- Charles Caddick since 2018
- David Thorpe since 2022
- Dr Susan Claire Strachan since 2019
- Elaine Drage since 2018
- Michael Allan Howardage band 70-74 since 2015
- Philip Andrew Jones since 2013
- Rev Mark Badgerage band 60-64 since 2025
- Tobias Thornes since 2019
Connected charities (14)
- Motov8 1 shared trustee
- Worcester Diocesan Sites and Buildings Fund 1 shared trustee
- Innervation Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
- Church Lands 1 shared trustee
- Worcester Diocesan Board of Finance Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Worcester Diocesan Social Responsibility Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Winslow Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of Earls Croome Church 1 shared trustee
- Association of Festival Churches 1 shared trustee
- Laslett's (Hinton) Charity 1 shared trustee
- Laslett's (Almshouse) Charity 1 shared trustee
- Laslett's Almshouses 1 shared trustee
- Laslett's (Hinton) Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Henry Coventry Almshouses Charity 1 shared trustee
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