Registered charity · Westcliff-on-Sea
The Leaders of Worship and Preachers Homes
- 7 trustees
- Income £3.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.lwphomes.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Leaders of Worship and Preachers Homes
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.4m£3.1m
- 2024£3.1m£3.0m
- 2023£3.3m£2.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.9m£2.5m
- 2021£2.6m£2.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO CARRY ON THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SUCH AS TREATMENT, CARE, ADVICE AND ADVOCACY, FOR THOSE WHO REQUIRE SUCH PROVISION ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS, INFIRMITY, OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED, ON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS. PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO: 3.1.1 ARE INVOLVED IN LEADING WORSHIP AND/OR PREACHING; 3.1.2 ARE IN TRAINING FOR, OR RETIRED FROM, THE ACTIVITIES OF LEADING WORSHIP AND/OR PREACHING; OR 3.1.3 ARE THE WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, PARENTS, PARENTS IN LAW, CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS OF PERSONS DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE 3.1.1 OR 3.1.2 ABOVE; PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE OR HAVE BEEN PART OF A CHURCH ORGANISATION HAVING PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP, COMMUNION AND FELLOWSHIP AGREED BY THE TRUSTEES AS BEING SIMILAR TO THOSE HELD BY THE METHODIST CHURCH AND WESLEYAN REFORM UNION AND THE LOCAL ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT INCLUDE METHODISTS.
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Rev Colin Braithwaite Chair since 2018
- David John Charles Greet since 2022
- Graham Evans since 2023
- Jean Chapman since 2021
- Jenny Benfield since 2017
- Julie Ann Close-Mitchell since 2023
- Marie Armitage since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Colin Braithwaite Chair since 2018
- Jenny Benfield since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Rev Colin Braithwaite Chair since 2018
- David John Charles Greet since 2022
- Graham Evans since 2023
- Jean Chapman since 2021
- Jenny Benfield since 2017
Portfolio (2)
- Julie Ann Close-Mitchell since 2023
- Marie Armitage since 2021
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
15.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1112378
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/05/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/01/2010AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/09/2014 as amended on 24 May 2018 as amended on 20 Jan 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 05467350 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01702342059 · homesadmin@lwphomes.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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