Zion United Church

Registered charity 1147010 Registered since 2012

Operates: South Gloucestershire

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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.

13 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

2.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

Rev Sharon Lovelock Chair since 2023
Alan Roger Sully since 2025

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 13Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2021

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2024

incomespending£185k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Bristol and South Gloucestershire Circuit of the Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
The NEW Room/John Wesley's Chapel 1 shared trustee
The Entheos Trust 1 shared trustee
Together for Fromeside Mutual AID Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Grayshott Similar size; both Religion
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Francis of Assisi, Welwyn Garden City Similar size; both Religion

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.zuchurch.co.uk
Email	office@zuchurch.co.uk
Phone	01454776618
Address	WOODEND ROAD, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BS36 2HY

Finances

£173,735 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£152,412	£146,661
2022	£152,412	£146,661
2023	£150,124	£129,054
2024	£185,347	£146,594
2025	£173,735	£160,202

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE PARTICIPATING CHURCHES.IN ACHIEVING ITS PURPOSE, THE CHARITY WILL ENGAGE IN A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, EITHER ON ITS OWN OR WITH OTHERS,INCLUDING (BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO A.THE CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC WORSHIP; B)THE TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;C)MISSION AND EVANGELISM;D)PASTORAL WORK,INCLUDING VISITING THE SICK AND THE BEREAVED;E)THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING (BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO)THE ELDERLY, THE YOUNG AND OTHER GROUPS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS;AND F)THE SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITIES IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30 MAR 2011ADOPTED 30/03/2011

Trustees (13)

13trustees

0aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

Bristol and South Gloucestershire Circuit of the Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
Together for Fromeside Mutual AID Trust 1 shared trustee
The Entheos Trust 1 shared trustee
The NEW Room/John Wesley's Chapel 1 shared trustee

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