Registered charity (CIO) · Chelmsford
The River Church Chelmsford CIO
- 6 trustees
- Income £660k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.theriver.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£660k£609k
- 2024£581k£537k
- 2023£524k£411k
Earlier years
- 2022£331k£313k
- 2021£473k£290k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
4.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO FURTHER THE GOSPEL OF GOD AND HIS SON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO PREACH AND TEACH THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH PARTS OF CHELMSFORD, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE BOARD MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFILL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE COMPANY;4.1.2 TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SICKNESS AND WHO MAY BE AGED AND TO RELIEVE STRESS CAUSED HEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR WORLD AS THE BOARD MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;4.1.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN (ABOVE OR BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE);4.1.4 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND4.1.5 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS DETERMINED FIT BY THE BOARD FROM TIME TO TIME.
Grants received
11 grants · £384,255 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
- Trussell · £359,985 (7 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £16,770 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £7,500
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Augustina Isioma Uwadiae since 2024
- Joanna Ruth Godward since 2012
- Linda Mary Davis since 2024
- Mark Richard Smith since 2020
- Patricia Anne Seeley since 2020
- Roy Kenneth Brackley since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Joanna Ruth Godward since 2012
- Mark Richard Smith since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Augustina Isioma Uwadiae since 2024
- Joanna Ruth Godward since 2012
- Linda Mary Davis since 2024
- Mark Richard Smith since 2020
- Patricia Anne Seeley since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Roy Kenneth Brackley since 2024
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1144804
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 18 JUN 2026
- Contact on the register
- 07718757984 · info@theriver.uk
- 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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