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The Prayer Book Society
- 10 trustees
- Income £835k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Bradley Francis SmithChair · since 2020
- Christopher HancockTrustee · since 2020
- Iain Richard Johnson MilneTrustee · since 2017
- Johanna KershawTrustee · since 2025
- Jonathan David RidingTrustee · since 2019
- Paul MeitnerTrustee · since 2011
- Rev Adam GauntTrustee · since 2020
- Rev Rebecca Jane SwyerTrustee · since 2021
- Rev Stephen EdmondsTrustee · since 2016
- The Revd Dr Daniel Robert NewmanTrustee · since 2016
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.pbs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Prayer Book Society
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£835k£554k
- 2024£394k£408k
- 2023£332k£408k
Earlier years
- 2022£235k£363k
- 2021£1.0m£268k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS SET FORTH IN THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER; AND, IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT, FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE WORSHIP AND DOCTRINE ENSHRINED IN THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ITS USE FOR SERVICES, TEACHING AND TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND OTHER CHURCHES IN THE ANGLICAN TRADITION.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Bradley Francis Smith Chair since 2020
- Christopher Hancock since 2020
- Iain Richard Johnson Milne since 2017
- Johanna Kershaw since 2025
- Jonathan David Riding since 2019
- Paul Meitner since 2011
- Rev Adam Gaunt since 2020
- Rev Rebecca Jane Swyer since 2021
- Rev Stephen Edmonds since 2016
- The Revd Dr Daniel Robert Newman since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Bradley Francis Smith Chair since 2020
- Christopher Hancock since 2020
- Iain Richard Johnson Milne since 2017
- Jonathan David Riding since 2019
- Paul Meitner since 2011
- Rev Adam Gaunt since 2020
- Rev Stephen Edmonds since 2016
- The Revd Dr Daniel Robert Newman since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Christopher Hancock since 2020
- Iain Richard Johnson Milne since 2017
- Johanna Kershaw since 2025
- Jonathan David Riding since 2019
- Rev Rebecca Jane Swyer since 2021
- The Revd Dr Daniel Robert Newman since 2016
Portfolio (4)
- Bradley Francis Smith Chair since 2020
- Paul Meitner since 2011
- Rev Adam Gaunt since 2020
- Rev Stephen Edmonds since 2016
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
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1099295
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 17TH MAY 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 SEP 2012 as amended on 26 Sep 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 04786973 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01189842582 · pbs.admin@pbs.org.uk
- 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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