Registered charity · Penrith
Churches Trust for Cumbria
Churches Trust for Cumbria is a registered charity (number 1128091) based in Penrith, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Timothy Whittaker since 2025. Latest income £26k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £26k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Timothy WhittakerChair · since 2025
- Christopher Alexander David Boyle KCTrustee · since 2025
- James Mitchell IrvingTrustee
- John Martin RobinsonTrustee · since 2018
- Juliet WestollTrustee · since 2022
- Lord Richard InglewoodTrustee · since 2025
- Nigel Rhyl RobsonTrustee · since 2015
- Tiffany HuntTrustee · since 2021
- Venerable Vernon RossTrustee · since 2024
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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Cumbria
- Website
- www.ctfc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Churches Trust for Cumbria
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£26k£21k
- 2024£27k£25k
- 2023£30k£23k
Earlier years
- 2022£28k£24k
- 2021£20k£36k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO PROVIDE OR PROMOTE THE USE OF CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP INCUMBRIA IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FORRECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS IN CUMBRIA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX,SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR. OTHER OPINIONS.3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OFCHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OFCUMBRIA AND THE NATION BY:3.2.1 THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE,IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OFCHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP IN CUMBRIA AND OF MONUMENTS,FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS, ORGANS, BELLSAND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP AND OF THECHURCHYARD AND GROUNDS BELONGING TO ANY SUCH CHURCHES ANDPLACES OF WORSHIP;3.2.2 THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION CONCERNING THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP. "
Grants received
1 grant · £75,400 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £75,400
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Timothy Whittaker Chair since 2025
- Christopher Alexander David Boyle KC since 2025
- James Mitchell Irving
- John Martin Robinson since 2018
- Juliet Westoll since 2022
- Lord Richard Inglewood since 2025
- Nigel Rhyl Robson since 2015
- Tiffany Hunt since 2021
- Venerable Vernon Ross since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- John Martin Robinson since 2018
- Nigel Rhyl Robson since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Timothy Whittaker Chair since 2025
- Juliet Westoll since 2022
- Tiffany Hunt since 2021
- Venerable Vernon Ross since 2024
Portfolio (5)
- Christopher Alexander David Boyle KC since 2025
- James Mitchell Irving
- John Martin Robinson since 2018
- Lord Richard Inglewood since 2025
- Nigel Rhyl Robson since 2015
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.
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
- 1128091
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 MAY 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 30 JANUARY 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 06553020 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 00 · info@ctfc.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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