Registered charity · Langport
The Guardians of Martock Church
- 6 trustees
- Income £3k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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
- Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Somerset
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£3k£4k
- 2025£5k£5k
- 2024£13k£4k
Earlier years
- 2023£4k£12k
- 2022£15k£1k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGH THE UPKEEP OF THE CHURCH: FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Patrick John Palmer Chair since 1996
- David Vaughan Howells since 2018
- Edwin Adams since 2023
- Jonathan Taylor since 2023
- Richard James Walsh since 2011
- Vera Elizabeth Budge since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Patrick John Palmer Chair since 1996
- David Vaughan Howells since 2018
- Richard James Walsh since 2011
- Vera Elizabeth Budge since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Patrick John Palmer Chair since 1996
- David Vaughan Howells since 2018
- Edwin Adams since 2023
- Jonathan Taylor since 2023
- Richard James Walsh since 2011
- Vera Elizabeth Budge since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1061768
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 28 OCTOBER 1996
- Contact on the register
- 01458252951 · budge@roadtransport.net
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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