Registered charity · Salisbury
Cress
3.1 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, DISTRESS AND ILL-HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY AND CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES IN SUCH WAYS AND SUCH...
- 6 trustees
- Income £328k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Wiltshire, Uganda, South Sudan
- Website
- www.cressuk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£328k£298k
- 2024£397k£348k
- 2023£318k£294k
Earlier years
- 2022£314k£293k
- 2021£223k£240k
Charitable objects
3.1 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, DISTRESS AND ILL-HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY AND CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES IN SUCH WAYS AND SUCH PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:(a) improving educational opportunities and standards through sponsorship (b) improving primary health, trauma and maternal care through training and sponsorship, including the provision of a primary health care clinic;(c) providing training and support for but not limited to agriculture;(d) promoting community finance through the establishment of Savings Groups and the provision of loans, education and advice;(e) equipping, training and supporting local clergy and lay church members
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Richard Jeremy David Metcalfe OBE Chair since 2021
- Anthony Belchambers since 2023
- Caroline Lamb MA Oxon since 2020
- Dr Jonathan Oliver Cullis since 2011
- Jane Guy since 2017
- John Kenneth Elliott Broadley since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Caroline Lamb MA Oxon since 2020
- Dr Jonathan Oliver Cullis since 2011
- Jane Guy since 2017
- John Kenneth Elliott Broadley since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Anthony Belchambers since 2023
- Caroline Lamb MA Oxon since 2020
- Dr Jonathan Oliver Cullis since 2011
- John Kenneth Elliott Broadley since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Richard Jeremy David Metcalfe OBE Chair since 2021
- Jane Guy since 2017
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1141343
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 12/04/2011AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 23/01/2013 as amended on 11 Nov 2019 as amended on 28 Sep 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01722780789 · contact@cressuk.org
- 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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