Registered charity · Hertfordshire
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hitchin, ST Mary
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
- 15 trustees
- Income £918k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Christopher Edward Bunce MA MphilChair · since 2019
- Alan John ChildsTrustee · since 2023
- Anne Elizabeth Marguerite Senechal MATrustee · since 2016
- Colin Idwal Davies BSc MbcsTrustee · since 2020
- Elizabeth Joan CranfieldTrustee
- Ethel Miriam WelchTrustee · since 2026
- Hannah Francoise RutledgeTrustee · since 2023
- Lindsay NewberyTrustee · since 2023
- Lois Margaret Noble VealeTrustee · since 2023
- Lorraine StanforthTrustee · since 2025
- Margery Mary BedingfieldTrustee · since 2023
- Philip TurnerTrustee · since 2026
- Richard Julian CaveTrustee · since 2024
- Robert James RobinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Stephen HalpinTrustee · since 2024
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, Religious Activities
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£918k£1.0m
- 2024£464k£298k
- 2023£295k£543k
Earlier years
- 2022£456k£477k
- 2021£474k£451k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.
Grants received
1 grant · £20,000 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 · £20,000
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Rev Christopher Edward Bunce MA Mphil Chair since 2019
- Alan John Childs since 2023
- Anne Elizabeth Marguerite Senechal MA since 2016
- Colin Idwal Davies BSc Mbcs since 2020
- Elizabeth Joan Cranfield
- Ethel Miriam Welch since 2026
- Hannah Francoise Rutledge since 2023
- Lindsay Newbery since 2023
- Lois Margaret Noble Veale since 2023
- Lorraine Stanforth since 2025
- Margery Mary Bedingfield since 2023
- Philip Turner since 2026
- Richard Julian Cave since 2024
- Robert James Robinson since 2025
- Stephen Halpin since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Christopher Edward Bunce MA Mphil Chair since 2019
- Anne Elizabeth Marguerite Senechal MA since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Rev Christopher Edward Bunce MA Mphil Chair since 2019
- Alan John Childs since 2023
- Colin Idwal Davies BSc Mbcs since 2020
- Elizabeth Joan Cranfield
- Ethel Miriam Welch since 2026
- Hannah Francoise Rutledge since 2023
- Lindsay Newbery since 2023
- Lois Margaret Noble Veale since 2023
- Lorraine Stanforth since 2025
- Margery Mary Bedingfield since 2023
- Philip Turner since 2026
- Richard Julian Cave since 2024
- Robert James Robinson since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Anne Elizabeth Marguerite Senechal MA since 2016
- Stephen Halpin since 2024
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.
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
- 1132874
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES as amended on 23 Apr 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01462433520
- 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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