The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Church Action on Poverty Limited

Registered charity 1079986 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.5y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Economic/community Development/employment 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 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.

Education 14Professional services 5Other services 4

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£783k latest income
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.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.4 in 2021

15 from 12 in 2021
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.church-poverty.org.uk
Emailinfo@church-poverty.org.uk
Phone01618729294
AddressUnit 17, The Wesley Centre, Royce Road, MANCHESTER, M15 5BP

Finances

£782,660 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£815,869£697,464
2022£460,801£645,311
2023£769,751£784,272
2024£747,009£819,579
2025£782,660£766,675

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO POVERTY AND TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM B)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING RESEARCH AND STUDY INTO POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE AND ENCOURAGE INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THE POOR IN UNITED KINGDOM AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF C)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PART THAT THE CHURCHES CAN PLAY IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY WHOSE DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY IS IMPAIRED BY POVERTY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 JUNE 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 11 AUGUST 1999 AND 28 MARCH 2000 as amended on 20 Nov 2021

Trustees (11)

11trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Church Action on Poverty Limited · 03780243 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 01/06/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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