The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

NEW Ground Churches

Registered charity 1121110 Registered since 2007

Operates: Throughout London, East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex, France, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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

6.8y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Religious Activities 2Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 11Education 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£655k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

4 from 4 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Websitewww.newgroundchurches.org
Emailadmin@newgroundchurches.org
Phone01883734805
Addressc/o New Community Church, SE London, 24 Station Road, SIDCUP, Kent, DA15 7DU

Finances

£654,930 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£503,166£556,549
2021£487,066£458,141
2022£575,475£624,535
2023£636,632£598,976
2024£654,930£621,394

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN ASHBURNHAM PLACE, EAST SUSSEX AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT PARTICULARLY BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION OF EVENTS FOR CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AND TEACHING AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/06/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/07/2013

Trustees (5)

5trustees
65median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

NEW Ground Churches · 06281483 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/06/2007

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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