The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

British Union Conference of Seventh-DAY Adventists

Registered charity 1044071 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle Of Man, Jersey

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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.

4.2y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (19)

Portfolio (9)

9
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 28Education/training 27The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 20Religious Activities 6Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 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 10Tech and media 5Other services 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£22.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

29.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

117 from 97 in 2020
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

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.adventist.uk
Emailsecretariat@adventist.uk
Phone01923672251
AddressBritish Union Conference, Stanborough Park, Watford, WD25 9JZ

Finances

£22,246,248 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£15,500,086£12,415,680
2021£20,429,214£16,942,549
2022£17,580,080£17,665,201
2023£19,938,503£17,480,226
2024£22,246,248£19,022,073

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROCLAIM THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, TO TEACH THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AS THE SUPREME RULE OF LIFE AND TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO BECOME HIS DISCIPLES AND RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH AND TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE WORK WHICH IS IN HARMONY WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30/10/1994AS AMENDED ON 28/07/1996AS AMENDED ON 29/07/2001AS AMENDED ON 26/07/2006AS AMENDED ON 17/07/2009AS AMENDED ON 03/07/2011AS AMENDED ON 01 JUL 2016 as amended on 22 Oct 2021

Trustees (28)

28trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

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