Registered charity · Somerset
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Mary, Bridgwater
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
- 11 trustees
- Income £136k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Susan Jane OsmondChair · since 2020
- Alison Jonquil GreenTrustee · since 2024
- Julian Nicholas Arthur HiggsTrustee · since 2018
- Juliet Marion SullyTrustee
- Lesley Carol GriffinTrustee
- Percy Richard SmithTrustee · since 2022
- Richard Edward StrangeTrustee · since 2022
- Richard Stephen PhilpottTrustee · since 2025
- Stephen Richard CrossTrustee · since 2023
- Susan Joan WarmanTrustee · since 2025
- Vicky Jane CookeTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 5 more
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.stmarysbridgwater.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£136k£108k
- 2024£102k£107k
- 2023£115k£111k
Earlier years
- 2022£110k£100k
- 2021£81k£75k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
Grants received
18 grants · £133,625 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
- Somerset Community Foundation · £66,800 (13 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £28,700 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £23,125 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community 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.
11 trustees on the board
- Rev Susan Jane Osmond Chair since 2020
- Alison Jonquil Green since 2024
- Juliet Marion Sully
- Julian Nicholas Arthur Higgs since 2018
- Lesley Carol Griffin
- Percy Richard Smith since 2022
- Richard Edward Strange since 2022
- Richard Stephen Philpott since 2025
- Stephen Richard Cross since 2023
- Susan Joan Warman since 2025
- Vicky Jane Cooke since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Susan Jane Osmond Chair since 2020
- Julian Nicholas Arthur Higgs since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alison Jonquil Green since 2024
- Juliet Marion Sully
- Julian Nicholas Arthur Higgs since 2018
- Lesley Carol Griffin
- Richard Edward Strange since 2022
- Stephen Richard Cross since 2023
- Susan Joan Warman since 2025
- Vicky Jane Cooke since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Rev Susan Jane Osmond Chair since 2020
- Percy Richard Smith since 2022
- Richard Stephen Philpott since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1128525
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES
- Contact on the register
- 01278 424972 · saintmarybridgwater@gmail.com
- 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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