Registered charity · Saffron Walden
The Friends of ST Mary's Church , Newport
- 4 trustees
- Income £11k (2025)
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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- friendsofstmarysnewport.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11k£570
- 2024£7k£146
- 2023£11k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£71k£140k
- 2021£16k£76k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR, RESTORE, PRESERVE, IMPROVE, BEAUTIFY AND RECONSTRUCT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE FABRIC OF ST MARY'S CHURCH, NEWPORT, ITS MONUMENTS, FIXTURES, FITTINGS, FURNITURE, STAINED GLASS, ORNAMENTS AND OTHER CHATTELS AND ITS CHURCHYARD.
Grants received
3 grants · £17,625 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- National Churches Trust · £10,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £5,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,625
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Benjamin Josef Cowell Chair since 2021
- Allan Payne since 2021
- Berenice Smith since 2019
- Neil Hargreaves
Trustees past 6 years
- Berenice Smith since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Benjamin Josef Cowell Chair since 2021
- Allan Payne since 2021
- Neil Hargreaves
Portfolio (1)
- Berenice Smith since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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
- 1085197
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 11TH JULY 2000
- Contact on the register
- 01799540411 · friendsnewport@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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