Registered charity (CIO) · Cambridge
Biblical Counselling UK
- 8 trustees
- Income £922k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Allan David Kenbryd BeckettChair · since 2020
- Christine Mary RobinsonTrustee · since 2019
- Katherine CornesTrustee · since 2020
- Rev Benjamin ThorndikeTrustee · since 2026
- Rev David Garner WhitehouseTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Philip Vernon ParkerTrustee · since 2026
- Roxana StanciuTrustee · since 2021
- Stuart HullTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 5 other charities:
- North West Gospel Partnership · 1 shared trustee
- Samuel Crooke's Charities · 1 shared trustee
- ANN Bentham Charity for the Poor · 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Andrew's, Leyland · 1 shared trustee
- The Cornelius Trust · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.bcuk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£922k£753k
- 2024£653k£641k
- 2023£605k£680k
Earlier years
- 2022£805k£426k
- 2021£401k£386k
Charitable objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PROMOTION OF THE UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF BIBLICAL COUNSELLING AND ESTABLISHING AND CARRYING OUT MINISTRIES RELATED THERETO;2. THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS AMONG ANY PERSONS WITHOUT LIMITATION;3. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE: A. THE SUPPORT BY DONATIONS, SUBSCRIPTIONS OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER ANY BODY WHICH IS CHARITABLE IN LAW AND THE OBJECTS OF WHICH INCLUDE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION OR THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP OR PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.B. THE SUPPORT OF CHRISTIANS WHO ARE ENGAGED FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME IN BIBLICAL COUNSELLING MINISTRIES.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Allan David Kenbryd Beckett Chair since 2020
- Christine Mary Robinson since 2019
- Katherine Cornes since 2020
- Rev Benjamin Thorndike since 2026
- Rev David Garner Whitehouse since 2025
- Rev Philip Vernon Parker since 2026
- Roxana Stanciu since 2021
- Stuart Hull since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Allan David Kenbryd Beckett Chair since 2020
- Christine Mary Robinson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Allan David Kenbryd Beckett Chair since 2020
- Christine Mary Robinson since 2019
- Katherine Cornes since 2020
- Rev Benjamin Thorndike since 2026
- Roxana Stanciu since 2021
- Stuart Hull since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Rev David Garner Whitehouse since 2025
- Rev Philip Vernon Parker since 2026
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
11.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 15.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1164965
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 22 Dec 2015
- Contact on the register
- 03333444341 · info@bcuk.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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