Registered charity · Colchester
Colchester Gospel Hall Trust
Colchester Gospel Hall Trust is a registered charity (number 1159101) based in Colchester, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Stephen Bradshaw since 2022. Latest income £441k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £441k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Essex
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£441k£100k
- 2024£276k£241k
- 2023£186k£222k
Earlier years
- 2022£171k£80k
- 2021£194k£56k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE CARRYING ON OF THE SERVICE OF GOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AS FOLLOWED BY THOSE CHRISTIANS FORMING PART OF A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP KNOWN AS THE "PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH" (THE "BRETHREN") WHOSE CORE DOCTRINE IS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THIS DEED AND WHOSE PROPER PRACTICES IN FURTHERANCE OF SOME ASPECTS OF THAT CORE DOCTRINE ARE SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THIS DEED; AND (B) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH BRETHREN.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Stephen Bradshaw Chair since 2022
- Bruce Graham Miller since 2018
- Donovan Paul Hopkins since 2014
- Oliver Pittman since 2014
- Ross Bradshaw since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Bruce Graham Miller since 2018
- Donovan Paul Hopkins since 2014
- Oliver Pittman since 2014
- Ross Bradshaw since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Stephen Bradshaw Chair since 2022
- Bruce Graham Miller since 2018
- Donovan Paul Hopkins since 2014
- Oliver Pittman since 2014
- Ross Bradshaw since 2018
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1159101
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 15 NOV 1982AS AMENDED BY A DEED OF VARIATION DATED 12/08/2014
- Contact on the register
- 07557 230459 · CGHTrust@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th 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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