Registered charity · Colchester
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Leonard's, Lexden
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
- 16 trustees
- Income £154k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Matthew Jonathan SimpkinsChair · since 2018
- Adrian StewardTrustee
- Amanda Jane AllstonTrustee · since 2020
- Clare Yvonne CleverdonTrustee · since 2019
- David Alan WatkinsTrustee · since 2014
- David John BurrowsTrustee · since 2019
- Deirdre Christine FordhamTrustee · since 2024
- Jacqueline Violet MessingerTrustee
- Judith Anne SteeleTrustee
- Julie Frances HinchcliffeTrustee · since 2019
- Linda Anne FirthTrustee · since 2023
- Michael Charles FirthTrustee · since 2022
- Nicholas John AllstonTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Margaret Frances Telford WhitemanTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Vivien Evelyn MendhamTrustee
- Yvonne Gail RomainTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.stleonardslexden.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£154k£196k
- 2023£154k£197k
- 2022£133k£172k
Earlier years
- 2021£215k£147k
- 2020£118k£160k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
Grants received
1 grant · £15,000 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
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.
16 trustees on the board
- Rev Matthew Jonathan Simpkins Chair since 2018
- Adrian Steward
- Amanda Jane Allston since 2020
- Clare Yvonne Cleverdon since 2019
- David Alan Watkins since 2014
- David John Burrows since 2019
- Deirdre Christine Fordham since 2024
- Jacqueline Violet Messinger
- Judith Anne Steele
- Julie Frances Hinchcliffe since 2019
- Linda Anne Firth since 2023
- Michael Charles Firth since 2022
- Nicholas John Allston since 2022
- Rev Margaret Frances Telford Whiteman since 2019
- Rev Vivien Evelyn Mendham
- Yvonne Gail Romain since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Matthew Jonathan Simpkins Chair since 2018
- Amanda Jane Allston since 2020
- Clare Yvonne Cleverdon since 2019
- David Alan Watkins since 2014
- David John Burrows since 2019
- Julie Frances Hinchcliffe since 2019
- Rev Margaret Frances Telford Whiteman since 2019
- Yvonne Gail Romain since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (15)
- Rev Matthew Jonathan Simpkins Chair since 2018
- Adrian Steward
- Amanda Jane Allston since 2020
- Clare Yvonne Cleverdon since 2019
- David Alan Watkins since 2014
- David John Burrows since 2019
- Deirdre Christine Fordham since 2024
- Jacqueline Violet Messinger
- Judith Anne Steele
- Julie Frances Hinchcliffe since 2019
- Linda Anne Firth since 2023
- Michael Charles Firth since 2022
- Nicholas John Allston since 2022
- Rev Margaret Frances Telford Whiteman since 2019
- Rev Vivien Evelyn Mendham
Portfolio (1)
- Yvonne Gail Romain since 2018
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
- 1128302
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES
- Contact on the register
- 01206 575565 · admin@stleonardslexden.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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