Registered charity · London
Friends of Friendless Churches Limited
- 12 trustees
- Income £3.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Roger EvansChair
- Catherine CullisTrustee
- Dr Elizabeth GreenTrustee · since 2015
- George BulmerTrustee · since 2015
- John William EdwardsTrustee · since 2019
- Kirstie RobbinsTrustee · since 2019
- Peter ScottTrustee
- Rev Jack Alexander BarrowTrustee · since 2016
- Richard HalseyTrustee
- Simon John Morton EvansTrustee · since 2017
- SIR Paul BrittonTrustee · since 2012
- Thomas Owen Saunders LloydTrustee · since 2023
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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Friends of Friendless Churches
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.1m£2.2m
- 2024£2.5m£1.3m
- 2023£1.0m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.8m£3.4m
- 2021£1.8m£1.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF CHURCHES AND CHAPELS, OR OF ANY PART THEREOF, IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS, WHETHER BELONGING TO OR USED OR FORMERLY USED BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OR BY ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS BODY AS PLACES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP; TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES OR CHAPELS; AND TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCHYARD OR BURIAL GROUND BELONGING OR FORMERLY BELONGING TO ANY SUCH CHURCH OR CHAPEL.B) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR ARCHITECTURAL MERIT OR BEAUTY, OR OF ANY PART THEREOF, IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS, USED OR FORMERLY USED AS PLACES OF WORSHIP, FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION; TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION; AND TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCHYARD OR BURIAL GROUND BELONGING OR FORMERLY BELONGING TO ANY SUCH BUILDING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION.C) TO FURNISH OR EQUIP ANY SUCH CHURCH, CHAPEL OR BUILDING, OR ANY PART THEREOF, AS AFORESAID, AND TO USE IT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION OR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE SOCIETY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.D) TO REPAIR, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, BEAUTIFY OR RECONSTRUCT ANY CHURCH, CHAPEL OR BUILDING, OR ANY PART THEREOF, AS AFORESAID, OR THE MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS OR OTHER CHATTELS THEREIN; OR THE CHURCHYARD OR BURIAL GROUND BELONGING OR FORMERLY BELONGING THERETO.E) TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY OF THE AFORESAID OBJECTS EITHER BY MEANS OF THE ACQUISITION BY PURCHASE, GIFT OR OTHERWISE OF ANY SUCH CHURCH, CHAPEL OR BUILDING, OR ANY PART THEREOF, AS AFORESAID, OR BY MEANS OF GRANTS OR LOANS TO ANY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL TRUSTEES OR OTHER PERSONS OR BODY OR PERSONS WHETHER CORPORATE OR INCORPORATE HAVING OWNERSHIP, CARE OR CUSTODY OF ANY SUCH CHURCH, CHAPEL OR BUILDING, OR OF ANY PART THEREOF, AS A AFORESAID, OR OF ANY SUCH CHATTELS OR LAND AS AFORESAID OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS THE SOCIETY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Grants received
11 grants · £3,399,963 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 · £3,150,010 (2 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £217,853
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
- Essex Community Foundation · £2,100 (7 grants)
Most recent
- Department for 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.
12 trustees on the board
- Roger Evans Chair
- Catherine Cullis
- Dr Elizabeth Green since 2015
- George Bulmer since 2015
- John William Edwards since 2019
- Kirstie Robbins since 2019
- Peter Scott
- Rev Jack Alexander Barrow since 2016
- Richard Halsey
- SIR Paul Britton since 2012
- Simon John Morton Evans since 2017
- Thomas Owen Saunders Lloyd since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Elizabeth Green since 2015
- George Bulmer since 2015
- John William Edwards since 2019
- Kirstie Robbins since 2019
- Rev Jack Alexander Barrow since 2016
- SIR Paul Britton since 2012
- Simon John Morton Evans since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Roger Evans Chair
- Catherine Cullis
- Dr Elizabeth Green since 2015
- George Bulmer since 2015
- John William Edwards since 2019
- Kirstie Robbins since 2019
- Peter Scott
- SIR Paul Britton since 2012
- Simon John Morton Evans since 2017
Portfolio (3)
- Rev Jack Alexander Barrow since 2016
- Richard Halsey
- Thomas Owen Saunders Lloyd since 2023
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
- 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
20.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 19.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1113097
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 OCTOBER 2005 AMENDED 6 MARCH 2006.
- Companies House
- Company number 01119137 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0204 520 4458 · office@friendsoffriendlesschurches.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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