Registered charity · East Sussex
Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wadhurst
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
- 15 trustees
- Income £637k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Rev Dr Paul Ronald RatcliffChair · since 2019
- Anne BrignellTrustee · since 2022
- Anthony DunnettTrustee · since 2022
- Christine Patricia BithellTrustee · since 2012
- Dr Heather Jane RatcliffTrustee · since 2021
- John Leonard William FullerTrustee · since 2024
- John Michael HardcastleTrustee · since 2025
- Lynda Joy WightTrustee · since 2013
- Mary Everdell BurstowTrustee · since 2022
- Paul Adrian StephensTrustee
- Penny DobsonTrustee · since 2019
- Peter Barrie ThompsonTrustee · since 2025
- Right Honourable Paul Kenneth BurstowTrustee · since 2022
- Ruth Elizabeth DunnettTrustee · since 2021
- Theodore Alex David FarringdonTrustee · since 2024
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
- East Sussex
- Website
- www.wadhurstparishchurch.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£637k£299k
- 2024£290k£299k
- 2023£241k£210k
Earlier years
- 2022£238k£269k
- 2021£227k£242k
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Rev Dr Paul Ronald Ratcliff Chair since 2019
- Anne Brignell since 2022
- Anthony Dunnett since 2022
- Christine Patricia Bithell since 2012
- Dr Heather Jane Ratcliff since 2021
- John Leonard William Fuller since 2024
- John Michael Hardcastle since 2025
- Lynda Joy Wight since 2013
- Mary Everdell Burstow since 2022
- Paul Adrian Stephens
- Penny Dobson since 2019
- Peter Barrie Thompson since 2025
- Right Honourable Paul Kenneth Burstow since 2022
- Ruth Elizabeth Dunnett since 2021
- Theodore Alex David Farringdon since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Dr Paul Ronald Ratcliff Chair since 2019
- Christine Patricia Bithell since 2012
- Lynda Joy Wight since 2013
- Penny Dobson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Rev Dr Paul Ronald Ratcliff Chair since 2019
- Anne Brignell since 2022
- Anthony Dunnett since 2022
- Christine Patricia Bithell since 2012
- Dr Heather Jane Ratcliff since 2021
- John Leonard William Fuller since 2024
- John Michael Hardcastle since 2025
- Lynda Joy Wight since 2013
- Mary Everdell Burstow since 2022
- Paul Adrian Stephens
- Penny Dobson since 2019
- Right Honourable Paul Kenneth Burstow since 2022
- Ruth Elizabeth Dunnett since 2021
- Theodore Alex David Farringdon since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Peter Barrie Thompson since 2025
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
- 1132389
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES
- Contact on the register
- 01892544757 · wadhurst.church.office@gmail.com
- 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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