Registered charity · Gerrards Cross
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST James Gerrards Cross With ST James Fulmer
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
- 21 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Andrew Robert BellTrustee · since 2015
- Bola AkinseyeTrustee · since 2022
- David Michael SteelTrustee · since 2012
- Elizabeth LeeTrustee · since 2023
- Francesca Hall-DrinkwaterTrustee
- Gary James PalmerTrustee · since 2020
- Heather Ashby-RoseTrustee · since 2023
- Ian John MittonTrustee · since 2020
- Joan FillerTrustee · since 2025
- John YoungTrustee · since 2023
- Lawrence TebbothTrustee · since 2017
- Mark William NicholasTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Craig LarnerTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Matthew David BeebyTrustee · since 2019
- Richard John LawrenceTrustee
- Simon BaileyTrustee · since 2025
- Stephanie Jane SummerellTrustee · since 2014
- Thomas KitchingTrustee · since 2024
- Tim OgunleyeTrustee · since 2023
- Tish LittlewoodTrustee · since 2025
- William CoomberTrustee · since 2022
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
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- www.saintjames.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.2m
- 2024£995k£1.1m
- 2023£983k£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.2m
- 2021£1.1m£1.2m
Charitable objects
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
21 trustees on the board
- Andrew Robert Bell since 2015
- Bola Akinseye since 2022
- David Michael Steel since 2012
- Elizabeth Lee since 2023
- Francesca Hall-Drinkwater
- Gary James Palmer since 2020
- Heather Ashby-Rose since 2023
- Ian John Mitton since 2020
- Joan Filler since 2025
- John Young since 2023
- Lawrence Tebboth since 2017
- Mark William Nicholas since 2025
- Richard John Lawrence
- Rev Craig Larner since 2023
- Rev Matthew David Beeby since 2019
- Simon Bailey since 2025
- Stephanie Jane Summerell since 2014
- Thomas Kitching since 2024
- Tim Ogunleye since 2023
- Tish Littlewood since 2025
- William Coomber since 2022
4.9y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Robert Bell since 2015
- David Michael Steel since 2012
- Lawrence Tebboth since 2017
- Rev Matthew David Beeby since 2019
- Stephanie Jane Summerell since 2014
7.2y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (19)
- Andrew Robert Bell since 2015
- Bola Akinseye since 2022
- Elizabeth Lee since 2023
- Francesca Hall-Drinkwater
- Gary James Palmer since 2020
- Heather Ashby-Rose since 2023
- Ian John Mitton since 2020
- Joan Filler since 2025
- John Young since 2023
- Lawrence Tebboth since 2017
- Mark William Nicholas since 2025
- Rev Craig Larner since 2023
- Rev Matthew David Beeby since 2019
- Simon Bailey since 2025
- Stephanie Jane Summerell since 2014
- Thomas Kitching since 2024
- Tim Ogunleye since 2023
- Tish Littlewood since 2025
- William Coomber since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- David Michael Steel since 2012
- Richard John Lawrence
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Religious Activities 21Education/training 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.
Finance 5Other services 3Health and social care 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.
incomespending£995k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.
3.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.9 in 2020
7 from 10 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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1129332
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES
- Contact on the register
- 01753883311 · office@saintjames.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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