The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Friends of the ST. James's Church Elstead, Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1088231 Registered since 2001

Operates: Surrey

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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.

5 trustees on the board

7.6y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 5Accommodation/housing 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6k latest income

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

Emailfsjelstead@gmail.com
Phone07983999953
AddressGreenway, Hookley Lane, Elstead, GODALMING, Surrey, GU8 6JB

Finances

£5,843 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,692£2,195
2022£3,726£66
2023£2,605£60
2024£3,168£0
2025£5,843£40,000

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND EXCEPT THE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT AND THE INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECT ("THE OBJECT"):THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, RESTORATION, IMPROVEMENT, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ELSTEAD IN THE COUNTRY OF SURREY ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"), ITS MONUMENT, FIXTURES, FITTINGS, FURNITURE, STAINED GLASS, ORNAMENTS AND OTHER CHATTELS AND ITS GROUNDS.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 17/07/2001AS AMENDED ON 07/05/2013

Trustees (5)

5trustees
81median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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