Registered charity (CIO) · Chard
Forefront Community Church
- 10 trustees
- Income £136k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Stephen Richard ThurbonChair
- Abigail BristerTrustee · since 2024
- David Roger BurfieldTrustee · since 2013
- Denise FarringdonTrustee · since 2024
- Jonathan KerrTrustee · since 2023
- Laura DimonTrustee · since 2017
- Martin James BristerTrustee · since 2015
- Nigel Martin MarshTrustee · since 2023
- Victor Vinicius Basso do NascimentoTrustee · since 2025
- Wendy Anne GreenTrustee · since 2022
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.forefront.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£136k£135k
- 2024£150k£119k
- 2023£133k£130k
Earlier years
- 2022£110k£120k
- 2021£100k£92k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; (1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY. (2) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES INCLUDING COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Stephen Richard Thurbon Chair
- Abigail Brister since 2024
- David Roger Burfield since 2013
- Denise Farringdon since 2024
- Jonathan Kerr since 2023
- Laura Dimon since 2017
- Martin James Brister since 2015
- Nigel Martin Marsh since 2023
- Victor Vinicius Basso do Nascimento since 2025
- Wendy Anne Green since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- David Roger Burfield since 2013
- Laura Dimon since 2017
- Martin James Brister since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Stephen Richard Thurbon Chair
- Abigail Brister since 2024
- David Roger Burfield since 2013
- Denise Farringdon since 2024
- Jonathan Kerr since 2023
- Laura Dimon since 2017
- Martin James Brister since 2015
- Nigel Martin Marsh since 2023
- Victor Vinicius Basso do Nascimento since 2025
- Wendy Anne Green since 2022
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
- 1139006
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 27 FEB 2020
- Contact on the register
- 0146066080 · office@forefront.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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